I think I am going to be at a slow pace, I have read the posts, awesome
but I would probably like to re-read them more carefully with the links, even maybe add a few thoughts.
At the moment I am also trying to work out what are the possible different approaches and the differences. So far they seem to be Active imagination, Etheric projection and Astral projection.
In my own brief try I thought it was active imagination first, though on skimming the link by Jack of wands on this it appears that it might have been too passive rather than active as there was no real impact at the time or afterwards...hmmm. I did notice this section below which interestingly seems to indicate that active imagination as described may have some kind of objective reality.
Von Franz said:
Embarrassed, the old woman invited the two of them into her best sitting room, which, by the way, in reality the girl had never been in before. (When much later she did have occasion to go in there, she discovered to her astonishment that in active imagination she had imagined it as it actually was.)
The link below on Astral projection by Dr Shoemaker seems to distinguish etheric projection and Astral Projection quite clearly, making sense of the later part of my try (lucid dream)as an etheric rather than actual astral projection. My (etheric) body is similar to mine and the surroundings are also like real ones, though less distinct, moving around the room etc... So I don't think I have ever Astral projected, which apparently involves any form and things outside of the usual. (the Von Franz extract seems to also fit possibly this description of etheric projection as well as active imagination, being in other places and seeing what is there in reality from the etheric level.
Another helpful tip in the link is an extract from Crowley on Astral projection and the interesting point on there being different Astral planes, including myth and fairytale, pagan etc. Perhaps the tree of life and Qabalah ones if entered will have entities and surroundings that respond to the sigils and associations related to that and others with their own relevant associations....when I have finished getting myself bogged down, I'll try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60qeSCSGcI
eta.. apologies for referring to posts indirectly!