Invisible Lines of Power

There are many invisible straight lines crossing and crisscrossing) the Earth. Latitude and longitudinal lines are the ones that everyone knows about, though most people don’t know much about them or use them consciously.

And then there are ley lines. These are lines that are believed by some to have deep power and electromagnetic energy because they connect important and sacred sites throughout the world.

The idea took begins in 1921 when Alfred Watkins, a photographer and amateur archaeologist, noticed straight lines that connected ancient sites in some regions of the United Kingdom.

There was a kind of natural sense to this as one can imagine a road between an ancient place of worship and a city or another sacred place. Archaeologists know that locally and regionally roads tend to be built in more or less straight lines when possible, and important sites would often be aligned deliberately. But what about a line between Easter Island, Nazca, Ollantaytambo, Paratoari, Tassili n’Ajjer and the Pyramids of Giza all aligned on a single great circle? Of course, you can draw a straight line between any two points of interest, so it was when lines connected many places that it got interesting.

These lines seemed to form a pattern and Watkins called them “ley lines.” His idea led to connections with other supernatural and spiritual beliefs. One example was a point on the southern tip of Ireland which connects to Israel in a straight line, and along the lines are seven different landforms that bear the name “Michael” in some way. Which means…?

Ley lines are not the domain of geographers or geologists and almost all scientists would say there is nothing unusual that can be detected by magnetometers or any other scientific device. That has not stopped New Agers, psychics, and others to claim to be able to sense or feel their energy. along ley lines connecting places like England’s Stonehenge, Egypt’s Great Pyramids, Peru’s Machu Picchu, and Australia’s Ayers Rock.

But there are literally tens of thousands of potential data points around the globe. What constitutes an important place? Churches, castles, temples, ancient sites, places of ancient civilizations? With so many possibilities, of course, lines can be drawn. The Great Wall of China is thousands of miles long. There have to be some points along the wall that connect to other sites.

One analogy I found is to compare these lines to the ones we draw in our minds to connect stars to form constellations. The stars were not placed there to form the Big Dipper but our brains find the patterns because we are pattern-seeking creatures. It is similar to pareidolia where we see a “man in the moon” or a dragon in the clouds.

Humans like unusual coincidences. The ancient builders of Stonehenge didn’t know that Mount Everest, Machu Picchu, or any other sites even existed. My skepticism might be countered by a ley lines believer who would say that they unconsciously felt the power of those other places and the line beneath them.

and therefore could not have intentionally built the monument to intersect with the alleged ley lines emanating from those sites.

Archeologists regard ley lines as pseudo-science. Alfred Watkins put forth the idea of straight tracks that he later termed “ley lines” in his book “The Old Straight Track” and the idea has appealed to people ever since. There are also ley line vortices. A vortex is a point of energy and ley lines are the connectors of these points of energy.

If you find ley lines interesting or you want to try following some or going to a vortex, here are some further readings.

• The original source – The Old Straight Track: Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones by Alfred Watkins
• Ley Lines and Earth Energies: A Groundbreaking Exploration of the Earth’s Natural Energy and How It Affects Our Health
• Ley Lines of the UK and USA: How Ley Lines were used by the Church, Royalty, City Planners and the Freemasons
• Ley Lines
• Ley Lines & Earth Energies – The Rediscovery of a Lost Wisdom