This doesn't come up much in Reformed circles, and understandably. The Bible alludes to this kind of stuff about once. It is not high up on the list of importance. But it is also irreverent to God to say "it's not important" either.
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10And behold,(V) a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. 11And he said to me, "O Daniel,(W) man greatly loved,(X) understand the words that I speak to you, and(Y) stand upright, for(Z) now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. 12Then he said to me,(AA) "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you(AB) set your heart to understand and(AC) humbled yourself before your God,(AD) your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. 13(AE) The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me(AF) twenty-one days, but(AG) Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, 14(AH) and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people(AI) in the latter days. For(AJ) the vision is for days yet to come."
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One can assume that an angelic being is conversing with Daniel. This being mentions a struggle with the prince of Persia, which could be a mortal figure but I believe the context suggests that it, too, is an angelic spirit, if a dark one.
Without endorsing Frank Perretti's material, what would territorial spirits mean for Christian spiritual warfare today?