Ley Lines: Understanding the Hidden Streams of Energy in Your Environment

 There are a multitude of energy lines traversing the globe – some natural, others man-made. Most of these energy lines have a subtle effect on the human body as we are also made of energy. Some energy frequencies nurture and harmonise our own frequencies, while others disrupt them. 

Collectively, earth energy lines are often connected to ‘geopathic stress’ when they are unbalanced or causing some disruption in the human energy field. These include electromagnetic lines, fault lines, water lines and ley lines. This article focuses on ley lines, a term often confused with other geopathic lines of energy. 

Most other lines are natural to the earth, can move in a meandering way like a river, and have no intentional purpose towards humans (even though we can benefit from their energy). Ley lines can often be found in conjunction with these lines, however a ley line is always straight, is man-made in some way, and has a purpose of communication.

There are three types of ley lines: global, local and personal. Global and local ley lines are usually created intentionally, often using physical objects to transmit energy and are focused to communicate to the wider community or environment. Personal leys tend to be unconsciously sent to an individual. Even though these leys are unintentionally sent, personal ley lines stay with the person or in the environment until intentionally cleared....<<<Read More>>>...

A Word on 'Ley Lines'

Ley-lines are rhythms of energy. All living things emit these unseen influences. We sense them intuitively and logically, even if we can't see them. When a magnet attracts iron filings we can't see the cause, but we can see the result and in turn know the energy exists.

"Ley-lines transmit or receive energies around the globe..."

The Earth is a living being and many of these invisible dynamics that the Earth emits interact between a human being and the planet. One such unseen force is Ley-lines. Sometimes called 'Telluric Pathways", Ley-lines are often not easily recognised. Some have compared Ley-lines to the acupuncture meridians of the human body. Certain points on the body are energy centers that transmit or receive strength to or from other locations. Ley-lines transmit or receive energies around the globe.

When these pathways were mapped in England at the beginning of the 21st Century they appeared to connect one holy shrine to another. The ancients of each civilisation knew the paths of the Ley-lines and how to amplify the already abundant energy. Native cultures in the Americas called them 'The Spirit Path'. The Chinese understood them to be a balance between the yin and the yang and the Aborigines of Australia called them "Song Lines". Our ancestors often travelled the pathways in solitude, allowing communion between their physical, mental and spiritual being and the Divine. They knew that when these energies interacted with the body's physical makeup the traveller often experienced a feeling of enhanced self awareness and a sense of centered spirituality.(Sacred New Earth)

Geomancy

Strictly speaking, the term "geomancy" refers to an ancient form of divination in which, simply put, handfuls of soil or other materials were scattered on the ground, or markings made in the earth or sand, to generate a range of dot configurations which could then be "read" by a seer.

In the 19th century, however, geomancy came to be applied to the Chinese practice of feng shui by which the location and orientation of houses and tombs was determined with close regard to the topography of the local landscape. The feng shui master or geomant employed a circular magnetic compass, called a luopan, which was marked off in rings containing data relating to astrology, directions, the elements, landscape forms, times of day, and so on. The aim was to locate a site where the energies or ch'i of the land and sky were brought into perfect balance. The harmony of these energies ensured good fortune.

The science of feng shui, literally "wind and water", recognized that certain powerful currents and lines of magnetism run invisible through the landscape over the whole surface of the earth. The task of the geomancer was to detect these currents and interpret their influences on the land through which they passed.

These lines of magnetic force, known in China as the "dragon current", or lung-mei, existed in two forms: the yin, or negative, current represented by the white tiger, and the yang, or positive, current, represented by the blue dragon. The landscape will display both yin and yang features; gently undulating country is yin, or female, while sharp rocks and steep mountains are yang, or male.

It was the aim of the geomancer to place every structure precisely within the landscape in accordance with a magic system by which the laws of music and mathematics were expressed in the geometry of the earth's surface. The landscape itself may be manipulated in order to achieve the harmony sought through the placement or adjustment, or removal, of trees or rocks, or bodies of water. Every feature of the landscape may be contrived to produce an effect which ultimately is perceived as beautiful; indeed, perceived beauty in a landscape may in fact be simply when the lines of the dragon current are in balance.

At the outset, a geomancer must locate the course of the major lines of the dragon current in his or her area. These days, it is claimed that such energy lines can be detected, and traced, through dowsing.

Ley Lines

Leylines and other energylines are paths of energy that run through our landscape. These paths of energy stream in a certain direction, which can be different for each energyline.

These energylines are (almost) always dead straight, and can have a length of thousands of kilometres/miles. The size of the different energylines vary from 10 centimetres to sometimes more than 10 metres wide. The energylines lie on the surface of the planet, and the energy of a line isn't as strong as everywhere.

This can be different in time, be different for another line, and it can be different for the spot on a line. The energylines react in strength, just like the sea with low and high tide, to the moon and other cosmic influences. The several types of energylines are different from each other because of the different characteristics and qualities they have, they each have an own character.

Leylines have for example the characteristic of power, that's why they are also called powerlines with powerplaces. All lines are male or female and positive (pleasant for humans) or negative (unpleasant), and all have there own specific qualities. People can influence parts of lines, that these parts are different in energy than they where originally. Also neutral lines do exist. Most leylines and crosspoints are positive. They can become negative because of human influence, like human sacrifices, murder, and battles.

On many many places on this planet energylines (from the same kind) cross each other. These crossing-points are called energycentres, which are mostly only small. Also most crossings of leylines are weak and small. But every region has a number of strong crossings too. These leycentres are some kind of traffic junctions of energy. Several lines come together on points, and on these places a concentration of energy is present, a powerplace or a powercentre. These powerplaces are energetic powerpoints where several powerlines come together. These powerplaces are seen as sacred sites.

With positive leycentres there is a forcefield full of energy, that can give you inspiration, cure, and miracles. For the transfer of information energy is needed, this explains the inspiration, after all there lots of is energy. Because of the extra energy on these special places, it also occurs that lightphenomena are seen near leycentres. Examples of these light phenomena are a dolmen near Loon in the Netherlands, and the monastery of Aduard (prov. Groningen). The monastery is built here because of these lightphenomena.

In history, many people built sanctuaries for devotion or sacrificing. They chose a leycentre for their sacred sites. The reason why people did choose leycentres is because of much energy that is present on these places. Here they tried to get in contact with the gods and worship them on these sacred sites. Examples of these sacred sites are for example the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge and Avebury-henge in England, dolmens, menhirs, stone circles, burial mounds, and other sacred sites around the world. And so many sacred sites are used by our ancestors. And also the churches and cathedrals, which have been built in early Christian ages (before 1350) on a crossing of leylines.

Besides the usage of people to situate sacred sites on the crossings of leylines, people used them also to build castles on. They leylines themselves have been used in other ways too. In Roman ages, it was a habit to lay long straight roads on leylines. In this way, the men got extra energy and power to make long (walking) tours. In early Christian ages deathroads and corpseroads were laid on leylines, over what the dead person had to be carried to the graveyard and/or church. Because leylines connect sacred sites with each other, leylines are also called 'sacred lines'.

The number of leylines around the Uk is very large. Most of these leylines are very weak, and very narrow (10/20 cm). Because of this large quantity almost everyone within a few metres you can find a leyline (2/3 within each 10 metres). It is almost impossible to map every leyline in a region, province or country. So maps of leylines are rare. But a part of the strong and very strong leylines is investigated. In the Netherlands and Belgium this is for example the leyline Stonehenge - Externsteine. More information about strong and very strong leylines see the page Strong leylines. Strong leylines are mostly a metre wide and higher than a metre, but differences are possible.

Leylines do have several names. Ley-lines are also called meridians and gaialines. Because many leylines lie between sacred places, leylines are called sacred lines too. Other names refer to the sacred sites they run through. Examples are:

-Treelines: several trees that are in extension with each other on a leyline.

-Churchlines: several churches that are in extension with each other on a leyline.

-Lines with names of saints: in the province East-Flanders in Belgium four Saint-Martinus churches lie on one leyline. In the east of the province North-Brabant in The Netherlands five Saint-Lambertus churches lie on one leyline. These leylines can be named Martinusline and Lambertusline.

The length of leylines can be very long. There are lines that are hundreds of kilometres long, but there are much more leylines that are only a couple of kilometres long. So far we know, every leyline has a start and an end. How far the rasterline do run is unknown. When you try to find a start or an end of a leyline you will notice that it suddenly will start or end. At such a place lies a magic square, which takes care of the supply and drainage of the energy. There are also magic squares elsewhere on an energyline which freshen the energy. Every type of energylines has its own magic squares which connect the energylines with an other planet, by which is energy exchanged with.

The leylines and other energylines lie for thousands of years round our planet, they are the Ancient Energies of the Earth. The origin of the energylines is not clear. About how they came into being are several theories about.

-One thought is that the leylines came into being when our planet came into being. But what happened exactly with the creation of our planet is not known. A mystery solved with another mystery, with this theory the creation of the energylines stays shroud in mystery.

- Another explanation for the creation of the energylines is that the lines have been created by beings with consciousness, like humans, but in the remote past. The system of the several networks is a dynamical system. With some doings energylines can become different from what they were. With some doings energylines can be strengthened, but also created.

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Earth Chakras

In the human body there are seven chakras. The earth also has seven. Six of these chakras are at fixed, stable locations - one on each continent, with the exception of Antarctica. (Antarctica also has many major sacred sites, but they are given different descriptive names.)

The 6th chakra is mobile, and moves around the world in a clearly defined pattern in space and time. This 6th centre corresponds to the third eye chakra in yoga.

The six non-mobile chakras are found in groups of three: Inspirational, Structural, and Creative (giving a total of 18) which are at the foundation of a greater planetary structure. This total design contains 156 sacred centres.

In terms of earth energies, all of these centres are of equal importance. But the best point of entry into this work is through the chakra areas of the current cycle.

These are major sacred site areas which generate the four alchemical forces symbolised by fire, air, water and earth. The spinner wheels are vortices for the four elements. They are called spinner wheels because the earth energies emanate from them in either a spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise motion. Due to this movement, the influence for change generated from any of these four areas extends to a greater distance than other sacred sites.

As with the earth chakras, the four spinner wheels are each part of a triune group giving a total of 12 sites. The fire spinner wheel generates liberty and will; the air vortex develops more abundant qualities of life; the water wheel expands love; and the earth spinner uses light to immortalise structure.

There are two dragon paths, which represent the primary arteries of the living earth, circulating abundant life energies and other vital qualities worldwide. On a flat map, they form an infinity symbol; while on the sphere of the earth, they are great circles intersecting each other at Bali and Lake Titicaca. These energy arteries are, variously, known as ley lines, songlines, or dragon paths. Each path has a name:

The Rainbow Serpent is a yin-feminine earth current which originates in Australia, at the world solar plexus chakra, and then encircles the globe, passing through Mt. Kailas, Sergiev Posad-Moscow, Glastonbury-Shaftesbury and Lake Titicaca.

The Plumed Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl Current, is yang-male and originates from the world Gemini centre in southern Mexico. It then travels to Mt. Shasta, Mt. Fuji, Bali, and Lake Titicaca, as it moves around the world. Through meditation and ritual it is possible to stimulate the flow of earth energies in either direction along these great ley arteries. This is best done on auspicious astronomical occasions, such as a new or full moon, etc.

Leys

Ley lines, or Leys, are alignments of ancient sites stretching across the landscape. Ancient sites or holy places may be situated in a straight line ranging from one or two to several miles in length. A ley may be identified simply by an aligned placing of marker sites, or it might be visible on the ground for all or part of its length by the remnants of an old straight track.

Ley Lines were 're-discovered' on 30 June 1921 by Alfred Watkins (1855-1935), a locally well-known and respected Herefordshire businessman, who while looking at a map for features of interest noticed a straight line that passed over hill tops through various points of interest, all of which were ancient. At the time of his discovery, Watkins had no theory about alignments but on that June afternoon saw "in a flash" a whole pattern of lines stretching across the landscape. Four years later, in 1925, he described his vision in a book he titled The Old Straight Track:

"Imagine a fairy chain stretched from mountain peak to mountain peak, as far as the eye could reach, and paid out until it reached the 'high places' of the earth at a number of ridges, banks, and knowls. Then visualise a mound, circular earthwork, or clump of trees, planted on these high points, and in low points in the valley other mounds ringed around with water to be seen from a distance. Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals, and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up.... Here and there, at two ends of the way, a beacon fire used to lay out the track. With ponds dug on the line, or streams banked up into 'flashes' to form reflecting points on the beacon track so that it might be checked when at least once a year the beacon was fired on the traditional day. All these works exactly on the sighting line."

Watkins surmised that these straight tracks, or ley lines as he called them at first, were the remnants of prehistoric trading routes. He went on to associate ley lines with the Greek god Hermes (the Roman Mercury, the Norse Woden) who was the god of communication and of boundaries, the winged messenger, and the guide to travellers on unknown paths. Watkins identified Hermes-Mercury with the chief god of the Druids and argued that:

"A Celtic god, Tout, or in its Romanised form Toutates, is supposed to be what Caesar referred to, and this name has been found on a Romano-British altar. It is a fact that sighting mounds called Tot, Toot, Tout, Tute and Twt abound all over the Kingdom, and the root is probably Celtic... The fact that such mounds are mark-points on trackways strengthen the link..."

Taken from Earth Mysteries

What are LEY LINES?

Ley lines are hypothetical alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient monuments and megaliths. Their existence was suggested in 1921 by the amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins, whose book The Old Straight Track brought the alignments to the attention of the wider public.

The existence of alignments between sites is easily demonstrated. However, the causes of these
alignments are disputed. There are several major areas of interpretation:

Archaeological: A new area of archaeological study, archaeogeodesy, examines geodesy as practiced in prehistoric time, and as evidenced by archaeological remains. One major aspect of modern geodesy is surveying. As interpreted by geodesy, the so-called ley lines can be the product of ancient surveying, property markings, or commonly travelled pathways. Numerous societies, ancient and modern, employ straight lines between points of use; archaeologists have documented these traditions. Modern surveying also results in placement of constructs in lines on the landscape. It is reasonable to expect human constructs and activity areas to reflect human use of lines.

Cultural: Many cultures use straight lines across the landscape. In South America, such lines often are directed towards mountain peaks; the Nazca lines are a famous example of lengthy lines made by ancient cultures. Straight lines connect ancient pyramids in Mexico; today, modern roads built on the ancient roads deviate around the massive pyramids. The Chaco culture of Northeastern New Mexico cut stairs into sandstone cliffs to facilitate keeping roads straight.

New Age: Some writers (widely regarded as pseudoscientific) have claimed that the ley lines and their intersection points resonate a special psychic or magical energy. These theories often include elements such as geomancy, dowsing or UFOs, stating that, for instance, UFO's travel along ley lines (in the way that one might observe that cars use roads and highways). Some similarly believe these points on lines have electrical or magnetic forces associated with them.

Skeptical: Skeptics of the actuality of ley lines often classify them as pseudoscience. Such skeptics tend to doubt that ley lines were planned or made by ancient cultures, and argue that apparent ley lines can be readily explained without resorting to extraordinary or pseudoscientific ideas.

Alfred Watkins and The Old Straight Track
The concept of ley lines was first proposed by Alfred Watkins. On June 30, 1921, Watkins visited Blackwardine in Herefordshire, and went riding near some hills in the vicinity of Bredwardine when he noted many of the footpaths therein seemed to connect one hilltop to another in a straight line. He was studying a map when he noticed places in alignment. "The whole thing came to me in a flash," he would later explain to his son. Some people have portrayed this "flash" as being some sort of mystical experience.

However, some time before Watkins, William Henry Black gave a talk titled Boundaries and Landmarks to the British Archaeological Association in Hereford in September 1870. Here he speculated that "Monuments exist marking grand geometrical lines which cover the whole of Western Europe". It is possible that Watkins' experience stemmed from some half-recollected memories of an account of that presentation.

Watkins believed that in ancient times, when Britain had been far more densely forested, the country had been crisscrossed by a network of straight-line travel routes, with prominent features of the landscape being used as navigation points. This observation was made public at a meeting of the Woolhope Club of Hereford in September 1921. His work referred back to G. H. Piper's paper presented to the Woolhope Club in 1882 which noted that

"A line drawn from the Skirrid-fawr mountain northwards to Arthur's Stone would pass over the camp and southern most point of Hatterill Hill, Oldcastle, Longtown Castle, and Urishay and Snodhill castles." The ancient surveyors who supposedly made the lines were given the name "dodmen".

Watkins published his ideas in the books Early British Trackways and The Old Straight Track. Nevertheless, they were generally received with skepticism in the archaeological community. The archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford refused to accept advertisements for the latter book in the journal Antiquity, and most archaeologists since then have continued to be unaccepting of Watkins' ideas.

In 2004, John Bruno Hare wrote, "Watkins never attributed any supernatural significance to leys; he believed that they were simply pathways that had been used for trade or ceremonial purposes, very ancient in origin, possibly dating back to the Neolithic, certainly pre-Roman. His obsession with leys was a natural outgrowth of his interest in landscape photography and love of the British countryside. He was an intensely rational person with an active intellect, and I think he would be a bit disappointed with some of the fringe aspects of ley lines today."

Despite the largely negative reception to his ideas, some experts have made observations similar to Watkins': Megalithic researcher Alexander Thom offered a detailed analysis of megalithic alignments, proposing a standardization of measure by those who built megaliths.

However, Thom avoided using the term "ley line" in his discussion of megaliths. The discovery by Europeans of the Nazca lines, man-made lines on desert pavement in southern Peru, prompted study of their astronomical alignments.