I havent tried this meditation or anything from that book, but the concept of the shadow is something that I have been looking into lately. Like you, I had visions of it on several occassions while doing seemingly unrelated workings. So, I decided to investigate more. I believe it’s related to the ancient Egyptian concept of the khaibit or the shadow of the man. The khaibit is one of the nine parts of the soul and it was believed in ancient Egypt that it can seperate itself from the physical body and go forth where it desires.The ancient sorceres used their khaibit to travel the astral plane, the realm of shades and to go forth and take energy from others to use for various reasons.
Over the last few weeks, I have been doing some work with my shadow. More precisely, I have been “feeding” it with my own energy through a black mirror as outlined in A.W. Dray’s “Nox Infernus”, but I have also tried some astral projection stuff with it. The results this far are encouraging to say the least. I have been geting some really cool lucid and/or prophetic dreams, on several occassions (while I was awake this time) I saw stuff in my mind seconds before they happen (like visual premonitions) and my astral projection sessions are also enhanced. Not to mentioned the increased libido. Ofcourse, according to what I’ve read I’m just scratching the surface so far and the are many other abilities to be discovered with continual practice.
So yeah, you might wanna check into that stuff. Also, if it’s convenient please keep us posted on your experiences with Ardeth. I’m curious about that book, because so many people recommend it, but I personally didn’t like it at all for some strange reason I can’t really put into words. I had to push myself to even finish reading it, as since the first few chapters I wanted to quit. It’s not that the author is writting bullshit or anything, the book seems very well thought and the carriculum presented seems well- structured, it’s just that I didnt really felt excited to try anything from it so I didnt.