This is not considered no ways near as much as it should be.
From "The Berean"
2 Corinthians 11:14-15
(14) And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel
of light. (15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also
transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be
according to their works.
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The Bible does not typically portray practitioners of the occult and
the demons behind them in a particularly macabre way. We moderns have
been conditioned to imagine Satan, his demons, and their human minions
as dark beings of pure ugliness, bearing attributes of horror and death.
We have swallowed this deception from our historical culture and from
the images presented by the media to entertain the masses and make
millions of dollars.
Yet, while God's Word warns us against
Satanic deceptions, it does not provide the standard horror movie
images. In fact, it often does just the opposite, cautioning us with the
fact that the Devil and his demons do their best to appear as appealing
to our senses as they can be. From what we see in Genesis 3, the
serpent did not repulse Eve; to her in her innocence, he was logical and
quite convincing. In Ezekiel 28, the description of the king of Tyre, a
type of Satan, lauds him as “the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and
perfect in beauty” (verse 12). It describes a creature whose beauty and
magnificence turned his heart proud and corrupt (verse 17).
Though he and his demons have been cast down, at least some of their
beauty remains, for Paul tells us in II Corinthians 11:14-15: “Satan
himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no
great thing if his ministers [servants] also transform themselves into
ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”
Demons do not always look like snakes, dragons, gargoyles, or goblins
but have the ability to appear attractive to us when it suits them. If
accosted by a ghoul, we would shrink in horror and flee. Demons, though,
are all about deception, and appearing as good and beautiful is far
more subversive. People are far more likely to trust a physically
appealing person than an old hag or troll.
Thus, while the tone
of I Samuel 28 is at times stressed, suspicious, and fearful—as one
would expect when encountering demonic powers—there is nothing blatantly
horrifying or even ugly in the narrative. This tells us that a demon,
being manipulative to the extreme, will appear to a person in a way that
he thinks will work best for his purposes. A demon will stoop to
whatever trick he deems necessary, even to appearing as a minister of
righteousness.
— Richard T. Ritenbaugh
