Ley Lines
Ley Lines
(religion, spiritualism, and occult)Leys (pronounced "lays") is the term used to indicate ancient straight lines that connect natural points of power in the earth. In his book The Old Straight Track (1925), Alfred Watkins (1855-1935), an early photographer and inventor of the pinhole camera, showed that a vast network of straight lines crisscrossed Britain and aligned large numbers of ancient sites, earthworks, standing stones, and burial mounds. He also suggested that such ley lines existed in other parts of the world.
Many believe that the leys indicate the course of subtle earth energies. Where two or more leys cross is a power point that has, in the past, naturally drawn people to assemble or build structures such as standing stones, barrows, temples, and churches. Today, many people use dowsing rods to map out the ley lines. Janet and Colin Bord give several examples of leys, such as the Montgomery ley on the Welsh border. In just six miles it includes six sites: Offa's Dyke; Montgomery Church; Montgomery Castle; Hendomen, the motte and bailey castle predating the Norman castle; Forden Gaer, a Roman camp; and a half mile of straight road exactly along the ley. All are in an exact straight line. One major ley runs from Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, through Stonehenge, and on to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, which is more than 150 miles.
Ley Lines
(religion, spiritualism, and occult)Leys (pronounced “lays”) is the term used to indicate ancient straight lines that connect natural points of power in the earth. In his book The Old Straight Track (1925), Alfred Watkins (1855–1935), an early photographer and inventor of the pinhole camera, showed that there was a vast network of straight lines crisscrossing Britain, aligning large numbers of ancient sites, earthworks, standing stones, burial mounds and the like. He also suggested there were such ley lines in other parts of the world.
Many believe that the leys indicate the course of subtle earth energies. Where two or more leys cross is a power point that has, in the past, naturally drawn people to assemble or build structures such as standing stones, barrows, temples and churches. Today many people use dowsing rods and pendulums to map out the ley lines. Janet and Colin Bord give several examples of leys, such as the Montgomery ley on the Welsh border. In just six miles it includes six sites: Offa’s Dyke; Montgomery Church; Montgomery Castle; Hendomen, the motte and bailey castle predating the Norman castle; Forden Gaer, a Roman camp; and a half mile of straight road exactly along the ley. All are in an exact straight line. One major ley runs from Glastonbury Abbey through Stone-henge and on to Canterbury Cathedral, over one hundred fifty miles from Somerset to Kent.
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