Sanctuary
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Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 09:48
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When I first got kick-started into serious stone hunting ley lines were all the rage. If you got hold of Watkins' The Old Straight Track (1925) you were considered to be someone worth talking to and if you had a copy of his Early British Trackways (1922), well you were seen as someone rather special for some weird reason.
So what has happened since, is the ley-line idea still fashionable or simply seen as a hit and miss or chance thing? I had an interest in it for a short while linking barrows, stone circles, hill forts, standing stones etc but it always seemed to me that much of it was a bit random.
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Mustard
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 09:55
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Always seemed like wishful thinking to me. Some alignments do look fairly convincing, but I've never had the time nor the statistical knowledge to check the veracity of the theory. That's the problem with the internet - while there's a wealth of information available, you're often reduced to flipping a coin when deciding which source to trust!
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The Sea Cat
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 09:56
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Pendulums/Dowsing Rods respond very strongly to them, that's for certain.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 10:27
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The Sea Cat wrote: Pendulums/Dowsing Rods respond very strongly to them, that's for certain.
Is this based on personal experience SC? And if so, do the lines have a 'width' to them where the pendulums/dowsing rods are active but not outside of that?
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The Sea Cat
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Edited Nov 09, 2010, 10:37
Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 10:36
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Personal experience. I've used them on lines and in stone formations. There's definitely a very high level of energy. I haven't actually taken exact measurements, but that's an interesting point to be looked into further. I believe that those who erected our megalithic structures were fully aware of earth energy currents/fields and how to use them. I've done a certain meditation inside circles on occasion and you can feel the very powerful energy field. On one occasion I had to stop because it became quite overwhelming.
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Jane
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 10:49
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Sanctuary wrote:
So what has happened since, is the ley-line idea still fashionable or simply seen as a hit and miss or chance thing? .
Yep. It's unproven mumbo jumbo. There are so many things in the landscape that if you look for patterns for long enough you'll always find things that line up. Just cos they do doesn't mean anything.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 10:56
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The Sea Cat wrote: Personal experience. I've used them on lines and in stone formations. There's definitely a very high level of energy. I haven't actually taken exact measurements, but that's an interesting point to be looked into further. I believe that those who erected our megalithic structures were fully aware of earth energy currents/fields and how to use them. I've done a certain meditation inside circles on occasion and you can feel the very powerful energy field. On one occasion I had to stop because it became quite overwhelming.
Yes I've heard of this feeling before but of course a lot of people scoff at the idea. For myself I am completely open minded. My only real experience of 'width' with dowsing rods was when we had a bore hole specialist give us an estimate to have the system intalled when we purchased our old barn. He walked around the property with the rods until finding the water supply he felt most suited to the position where the supply had to enter the building. He then approached the area from either side (he considered it a 'river' underground) and the rods reacted leaving a width of about 6ft as a target area. Very much TIC I asked him how far down? He turned the rods upside down and walked slowly to the centre of the area and said 120ft without hesitation. The following week the bore hole was drilled and they struck water at 115ft!!
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juamei
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 11:00
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http://www.standupmaths.com/woolworths/
Given a large enough set of data points on a map and you can draw anything you like.
Watkins talked about lines of sight and straight lines across a relatively small area. Personally I'm still open to that possibility.
I'm definitely not open however to 100 mile long energy lines going across the country eg St Michaels line... To this scientist, its unsubstantiated belief, no fact what so ever.
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nigelswift
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 11:12
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juamei wrote: http://www.standupmaths.com/woolworths/
Given a large enough set of data points on a map and you can draw anything you like.
Watkins talked about lines of sight and straight lines across a relatively small area. Personally I'm still open to that possibility.
I'm definitely not open however to 100 mile long energy lines going across the country eg St Michaels line... To this scientist, its unsubstantiated belief, no fact what so ever.
Couldn't agree more, especially the middle bit, which is the beautiful baby that gets thrown out with the ridiculous bath water.
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The Sea Cat
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Re: Ley Lines
Nov 09, 2010, 11:30
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Sanctuary wrote: The Sea Cat wrote: Personal experience. I've used them on lines and in stone formations. There's definitely a very high level of energy. I haven't actually taken exact measurements, but that's an interesting point to be looked into further. I believe that those who erected our megalithic structures were fully aware of earth energy currents/fields and how to use them. I've done a certain meditation inside circles on occasion and you can feel the very powerful energy field. On one occasion I had to stop because it became quite overwhelming.
Yes I've heard of this feeling before but of course a lot of people scoff at the idea. For myself I am completely open minded. My only real experience of 'width' with dowsing rods was when we had a bore hole specialist give us an estimate to have the system intalled when we purchased our old barn. He walked around the property with the rods until finding the water supply he felt most suited to the position where the supply had to enter the building. He then approached the area from either side (he considered it a 'river' underground) and the rods reacted leaving a width of about 6ft as a target area. Very much TIC I asked him how far down? He turned the rods upside down and walked slowly to the centre of the area and said 120ft without hesitation. The following week the bore hole was drilled and they struck water at 115ft!!
I have a a cottage in Ireland that my Dad and I renovated from a ruined shell. We got a Dowser in and within minutes he located a deep natural spring within the grounds. It's now the property's sole water source, straight from the earth and on tap!
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