London's Ley Lines Pathways of Enlightenment

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The overall message of Williamson and Bellamy's book was that the idea of leys, as it was being presented by Earth Mysteries proponents, had no basis in empirical reality. He says: "It's going to disappoint people who think it's to do with earth energies and all that sort of thing, I'm not dismissing it but I have found them to be more practical. He also observed the recurrence of "cole" and "dod" in English place-names, thus suggesting that the individuals who established these lines were referred to as a "coleman" or " dodman". H. Piper's paper presented to the Woolhope Naturalists' Field 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 southernmost point of Hatterall Hill, Oldcastle, Longtown Castle, and Urishay and Snodhill castles.

If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter .I've always been interested in the opposition between the natural and the artificial, the sacred and the un-sacred," explains tan jones. Does anyone else live near or on a ley line and have similar experiences of heightened magickal energy? He was one of the founding members of the Dragon Project, launched in London in 1977 with the purpose of conducting radioactivity and ultrasonic tests at prehistoric sites, particularly the stone circles created in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

Tell us why you liked or disliked the book; using examples and comparisons is a great way to do this.Independently of Watkins' ideas, a similar notion—that of Heilige Linien ('holy lines')—was raised in 1920s Germany. It wasn't until after the World War Two that the potential of the ley line as a repository for all things mystical really started to take hold.

Peter you are absolutely right since London 's industry began seriously to run down in he 1950s the water table is rising and this in itself must have a profound effect on many of London's ancient sites. Chris Street sees ancient energy possibly a Neolithic structure, he even sees the energy of an entombed man! When asked about the idea that UFOs had carved them out, he said: "Some of the long distance ones are difficult to explain and go over the Pacific so it's difficult to know how they would have done that. Explaining the fringe beliefs associated with them today, John says: "In the 60s and 70s people were experimenting with drugs. Canterbury Cathedral - Rochester Cathedral - Greenwich - Bermondsey, Downing Street - Bulstrode Hill Fort - Gloucester Cathedral and Abbey Dore.Misled by a fixed and dogmatic set of ideas, however, they passed this by to focus on an attempted proof of beliefs which were ultimately based on faith alone. She believes teaching people to connect to their intuition allows them to access their best source of guidance, their Higher Self. Continuing belief [ edit ] Modern Pagans in Britain often believe in ley lines running through ancient sites, such as the Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent.