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London's Ley Patterns. Set out around London is a geometric pattern that includes triangles and alignments or 'ley lines' that generates London's sacred landscape. This pattern needs to be understood at a number of levels. The first is based on the major alignment that links the great abbey of Canterbury in the east and Cistercian monastery ...
- Alfred Watkins
- Ley Lines UK: An Introductory Video
- Do Ley Lines Exist?
- What Is A Ley Line?
- What Are Ley Lines Used for?
- Major Ley Lines of The UK
- Stand Tall and Walk The (Ley) Line
- Find Out For Yourself as I Did
- Where Does The Path Lead?
- Suggested Reading
Alfred Watkins was riding his horse through Herefordshire countryside one day when he have a vision of what ley lines might be. The Old Straight Track was re-published in February 2021 with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways, Underland, and other recent titles, thus confirming how this classic by Watkins is still in demand...
In 2017 I made a video based on this post. The post has since been expanded with some further thoughts and fresh material, but the video has not.
If you want an argument that debunks them then there are plenty of websites that do just that. If you want to read of how and why they might be real then there are books and websites that do that too. I’l not really interested in persuading you of their existence or proselytizing about a New Agefad. If the subject interests you then you’ll probably...
At face value ley lines are (or appear to be) alignments of sites that have been or continue to be sacred and holy. They can be made up of round barrows (tumuli), long barrows, single standing stones, stone circles, holy wells, ancient churches (built on older sacred sites), man-made notches in the landscape, ancient earthworks, and many more besid...
Leys and their accompanying energy lines probably occur all over the world and have been used by shamen, pagans, and others who are attuned to the network for millenia. Since my interest was sparked in the 1970s I’ve noticed how there’s not only a growing acceptance of them but also a widening belief that they form an energy grid that surrounds our...
Extensive research has been done on some of the UK’s most important ley lines. Two that are worthy of close attention are The Spine of Albion by Gary Bilcliffe and Caroline Hoare, and The Axis of Heavenby Paul Broadhurst and Gabriele Trso. I’ve reviewed the former in a separate post. As the line extends the length of Britain there’s a good chance t...
Interest in Britain’s holy places has never really waned all that much and now it’s going through a resurgence once again. Organisations like the British Pilgrimage Trust and the Gatekeeper Trustare encouraging people to get off the sofa and go offline. By walking the ancient pathways you can expect to be both renewed yourself as well as participat...
Whatever your views on the reality of ley lines the process of exploring the sites expands the mind and lifts the spirit. You will be visiting lonely and near forgotten barrows, old churches (and country pubs), and hills, trees, and earthworks. It was to be several years later that I learned to drive and had a car of my own so at first I would cycl...
Once you put a foot on the path you are likely to be lead into all kinds of new avenues of exploration, research, and adventure. Any study of ley lines and the earth’s energy networkwill inevitably include touching upon the history of Britain and elsewhere, astroarchaeology, terrestrial zodiacs, sacred geometry, dowsing, myth & legend, folklore & l...
There are plenty of books to pique your interest. The research since the 1960s has been extensive and is ongoing. Some of my recommendations are scattered through this post. Think of these as a starter pack. You’ll probably end up with a small library once you get bitten by the bug. Like so many things, it is far better to read a book on the subjec...
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Jun 29, 2005 · There are no known 'maps' of UK leylines, or even Gloucestershire ley lines. Alleged ley lines are often identified by spiritualists "dowsing" with rods.
Map of the Ancient Landscape around Glastonbury and the sacred sites and alignments of Mid-Somerset, by Palden Jenkins.
Oct 16, 2015 · In 1921 the photographer, antiquarian and amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins, delivered his newly formed thesis on the origins of ancient alignments in the west of England to the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club of Hereford. Watkins posited a correlation between ancient forts, moats, mounds, churches, trees and place names, which he had shown to produce straight lines running across the ...
- James Thurgill
- 2015
Historical Context. It is a geometrical truth that between two points exist a straight line. This, plus a map of the English countryside, gave rise to the notion of ley lines crisscrossing England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A British antiquarian, Alfred Watkins, proposed that dead-straight ancient highways linking sacred sites in the ...
Ley lines are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites and prominent landmarks. The idea was developed in early 20th-century Europe, with ley line believers arguing that these alignments were recognised by ancient societies that deliberately erected structures along them. Since the 1960s, members of the Earth Mysteries movement and other esoteric ...
