London's Ley Lines Pathways of Enlightenment

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Because of the fibonacci based angles of the various horizontal vectors a dominant cross is created at that location. Like the Bryn Gawr mound two miles to the east, it was associated with Brutus the Trojan, but its fate was less fortunate and survived only up to the 18th century. Some maintained that even if the presence of earth energies running through ley lines could not be demonstrated with empirical evidence and rational argumentation, this did not matter; for them, a belief in ley lines was an act of faith, and in their view archaeologists were too narrow-minded to comprehend this reality. His books Earthstars: Geometric Groundplan Underlying London's Ancient Sacred Sites and Its Significance for the New Age and London's Camelot and the Secrets of the Grail are on the recommended reading list if you do the course on London Mythology at City Lit. He argued that straight lines could be drawn between various historic structures and that these represented trade routes created by ancient British societies.

John says he doesn't have any formal qualifications in archaeology, but his passion for London's history and excitement for discovery is inspiring. Explora la mayor tienda de eBooks del mundo y empieza a leer hoy mismo en la Web, en tu tablet, en tu teléfono o en tu dispositivo electrónico de lectura. In this work, Williamson and Bellamy considered and tackled the evidence that ley lines proponents had amassed in support of their beliefs. They were first described by travelling businessman Alfred Watkins in 1925 and he considered them to be ancient trackways. The connection - or rather jump - is then made to a Grail Castle built on a confluence of ley lines.It also arrived slightly bent and my copy was supposed to be new but I doubted it, after a few days of reading, it straightened out. I found out about the Circle of Perpetual Choirs, druids who would always be singing, at a stone circle or old yew tree or a place of strong earth energy, to maintain the peace of the land.

It was by now an oily bouillabaisse of raw effluent" make you wonder about our enlightened anscestors who thought us the new Romans. Since the 1960s, members of the Earth Mysteries movement and other esoteric traditions have commonly believed that such ley lines demarcate " earth energies" and serve as guides for alien spacecraft.One ley lines enthusiast, Philip Heselton, established the Ley Hunter magazine, [23] which launched in 1965. They stated that their "project made Seattle the first city on Earth to balance and tune its ley-line system". A place with uncanny links to tales of the undead and general weird stuff from the middle ages to Shaun of the Dead.

It is a theory that has long held interest for tan jones: "I've been interested in ley lines for years," they say. By moving the ruler in a circle he could find when multiples sites lined up on a straight line, normally pointing towards another sacred spot. Ley lines ( / l eɪ/) are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites and prominent landmarks. Continuing belief [ edit ] Modern Pagans in Britain often believe in ley lines running through ancient sites, such as the Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent. Attitudes to the archaeological establishment varied among ley hunters, with some of the latter wanting to convert archaeologists to their beliefs and others believing that that was an impossible task.

They are imaginary lines connecting historical landmarks - like churches, manor houses, and burial mounds - first observed by self-taught archaeologist Alfred Watkins in 1921 after he had a revelation about straight roads across the British countryside. MyLondon's brilliant newsletter The 12 is absolutely jam packed with all the latest to keep you keep you entertained, informed and uplifted. These days Camberwell artist John, 62, can use Google Earth to do the same thing and he is convinced he has found London's lost Ley Lines. Thus the ancient wisdom at the basis of leys is encoded within the land for future generations to discover anew, if they possess the.