Here’s what I’ve noticed and Lal confirmed. Based off your current gati, corresponding vaci and kaya sankhara and stage on the Path (at that weird time, lack of Dhamma knowledge or a Path), you can be in contact with some dark beings. Now with Dhamma teachings I no longer experience those type of beings.
Yes, the door was open. With the revocations I thought I was eliminating/dissolving them in the present from past life experiences, but what actually happened was just creating the right conditions for a kamma beeja to proliferate. I was digging up some old seeds with ignorance of how the nature of this world works.
With regards to benevolent beings, they’ve noticeably assisted when I was in trouble. So, contacting them is not useful in my experience. If you really need assistance, you’ll receive helpful hints/clues or words to ponder if what you’re doing is right or wrong.