I'm Seeing Shadows - Are They Low Vibrational Spirits?
Updated 2025.05.02
Seeing shadows usually means a person is clairvoyant and these shadows can be locational attachments, they can be earth Spirits and they can even be lost or lingering Spirits.
Though just because you see one, doesn’t necessarily imply that it means you any harm, it’s merely another spirit form. There are many different ways to see a Spirit with your physical eyes or with your spiritual, clairvoyant eyes.
Spirits can appear as -
A flash of light
A movement out of the corner of your eyes
A full-body apparition
A blob shaped figure that doesn’t have a discrete form
An orb of light or a streak
A shadow
It is also possible to see Spirits in your dreams, or they can come to you in meditation or with your eyes closed.
Those in the Spirit realm can also appear to you through non-physical sight modalities, such as seeing one in your third eye with clairvoyance.
They can visit you by sensation, sound, touch, or through external physical signs. But of all of the ways you can see those in Spirit, there is one way of seeing a Spirit that scares most people - shadow form.
Shadow Spirits
Who are they? Are they low vibration? Are they high vibration? What type of Spirit is this?
Those in Spirit will appear to you in the way that will be the most visible and hardest for you to shake and shrug off. Sometimes, Spirits will appear in ways that can feel alarming or bold, such as with a dense shadow.
If you see a shadow, is it possible the Spirit who is appearing to you has intentionally decided to appear to you as a shadow - to better grab your attention.
It is easier to see denser, heavier energies than it is to see less dense, more diffuse energies.
The denser something is, the more light it reflects and the easier it is to see. This is why heavier Spirits are often more noticeable than other types of Spiritual Presences.
A benevolent Spirit could also appear as a shadow, if the Spirit themselves is backlit, by a street or hallway light, rather than illuminated from the front - such as with a camera flash or a flashlight.
Shadow presences are most commonly seen in lower, dimmer light environments, where energy presences are more easily seen compared brighter, higher light areas.
The choice to take a shadow form or a bright light form isn't necessarily an indicator of a low vibrational or a high vibrational Spirit.
However, the depth of color can indicate what type of Spirit you have. Energies that are closer to the Earth are more likely to appear in shadow form - Deceased Loved Ones, Ancestors and Land Spirits, like gnomes, elvers or Protector Spirit Guides.
How can you tell if a Spirit is positive (high vibration) or negative (low vibration)?
You can tell whether a Spirit is positive/negative, benevolent/malevolent, based on how they feel to you, along with other characteristics like how it behaves and the types of communications it delivers.
Low Vibration Spirits remove the energy from the space to manifest.
These energies are drains on the space.
When there is a low vibration Spirit present, the space usually feels heavier, denser, vacant, and more echo-y. Low vibrational Spirits make a space feel cold. Sensitives will often feel a sinking or pulling feeling in their stomach or heart areas.
High Vibration Spirits increase energy to the space to manifest.
When there is a High Vibration Spirit present, the space usually feels warmer, happier, more like a crowded party.
Spirit-sensitives will often feel flush or warm, or like they have a boost of energy.
Seeing a shadow is not necessarily an indicator of a low vibration Spirit - it is merely another way for Spirit to appear.
If you are identifying a Spirit, make sure to use more than one indicator to figure out what or who it is. I've seen shadows that later turned out to be gnomes or earth Spirits, and all was well.
I've also seen shadows that turned out to be both positive and negative non-human energies.
Pay attention to the feeling they evoke in those they appear around, as this can be an indicator of the type of influence this Spirit or energy has on a space.
For more on how to tell what kind of Spirit you have present, check out The Spirit Identification Key!
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