CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE...
to watch a short video demonstrating the 'tracing'
of a ley star under the Preseli Hills, Pembrokshire
*Please excuse the very poor sound quality due to
the windy weather and my basic equipment... hopefully
you'll get the gist of it!
I have also written an introductory A4 Word doc:
Earth’s Ley Mantle - EB ‘24 - A4 info sheet (1).docx
'Earth Whispers & Listening Sticks'
TRACING LEY STARS
By Erling Burgess
2009 - 2024
What I have found so far...
*Try turning your smartphone sideways to 'landscape' position,
inorder to read text more clearly and comfortably...
Many have heard of ley lines - these enigmatic
and completely natural paths of energy
have been alluded to throughout history.
Yet they remain a comparative secret by being
invisible and so subtle...
Visualise a complex winding of lines around the earth,
snaking in overall straight directions, criss-crossing
and creating a subtle field of energy around our planet...
like countless electrons whizzing round an atom?
My current findings have revealed what appears to
be a prolific and universal field or mantle of these lines,
meaning we are always within twenty to thirty metres
or so from a ley line... wherever we are.
Aborigines call them Song lines and in China they are
known as Dragon veins; Native Americans call them
Spirit lines... I have a notion to call them Earth whispers
and the dowsing rods Listening sticks.
Some people are able to sense them directly but
most of us simply get a feeling of well-being,
subconsciously, when near them.
My understanding is that centers exist where several
ley lines happen to cross, forming a star and these
have long been recognized as special places.
Infact I'd go as far as proposing that ley lines are
attracted to form a centre - snapping together almost
like magnets..
It is no coincidence that temple mounds, stone circles,
churches, abbeys and cathedrals were purposefully sited
on these spots. They have an atmosphere of well-being
and stillness that long precedes man and his beliefs.
Beautiful buildings obviously add to this natural
ambience, along with worship, prayer and music etc...
The knowledge of these ley stars as I call them,
is based on direct experience and sensing.
It is an ongoing empirical study, enabled by the ancient,
practical, yet topical technique of dowsing.
I liken the process to brass rubbing: making visible
these beautiful, subtle flows.
I am learning more with every new project and aim
to keep the process direct and simple, avoiding
preconceived ideas.
Incidentally, engineers in the water, electricity and gas
industries still use dowsing as an additional tool for
detecting hidden supply lines out in the field.
By dowsing 360 degrees around a potential ley star,
I am able to record and map the crossing of ley lines -
interestingly always an even number to date:
I have traced a thirty-two pointer, sixteen ley lines crossing, at
Middle Hill near Warminster, upon which a large mound is placed.
The basic Six-pointer, three lines crossing, appears to be
widespread locally... including several gardens I have dowsed.
You can see the outcome of this process in the gallery below -
where the ley lines appear straight, is just the simplification
of my drawing...
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO ENLARGE AND TO SEE TEXT
and completely natural paths of energy
have been alluded to throughout history.
Yet they remain a comparative secret by being
invisible and so subtle...
Visualise a complex winding of lines around the earth,
snaking in overall straight directions, criss-crossing
and creating a subtle field of energy around our planet...
like countless electrons whizzing round an atom?
My current findings have revealed what appears to
be a prolific and universal field or mantle of these lines,
meaning we are always within twenty to thirty metres
or so from a ley line... wherever we are.
Aborigines call them Song lines and in China they are
known as Dragon veins; Native Americans call them
Spirit lines... I have a notion to call them Earth whispers
and the dowsing rods Listening sticks.
Some people are able to sense them directly but
most of us simply get a feeling of well-being,
subconsciously, when near them.
My understanding is that centers exist where several
ley lines happen to cross, forming a star and these
have long been recognized as special places.
Infact I'd go as far as proposing that ley lines are
attracted to form a centre - snapping together almost
like magnets..
It is no coincidence that temple mounds, stone circles,
churches, abbeys and cathedrals were purposefully sited
on these spots. They have an atmosphere of well-being
and stillness that long precedes man and his beliefs.
Beautiful buildings obviously add to this natural
ambience, along with worship, prayer and music etc...
The knowledge of these ley stars as I call them,
is based on direct experience and sensing.
It is an ongoing empirical study, enabled by the ancient,
practical, yet topical technique of dowsing.
I liken the process to brass rubbing: making visible
these beautiful, subtle flows.
I am learning more with every new project and aim
to keep the process direct and simple, avoiding
preconceived ideas.
Incidentally, engineers in the water, electricity and gas
industries still use dowsing as an additional tool for
detecting hidden supply lines out in the field.
By dowsing 360 degrees around a potential ley star,
I am able to record and map the crossing of ley lines -
interestingly always an even number to date:
- Two points = 1 ley
- Four points = 2 leys
- Six points = 3 leys
- Eight points = 4 leys
- Ten points = 5 leys
- Twelve points = 6 leys
- Fourteen points = 7 leys
- Sixteen points = 8 leys
- Eighteen points = 9 leys
- Twenty points = 10 leys etc..
I have traced a thirty-two pointer, sixteen ley lines crossing, at
Middle Hill near Warminster, upon which a large mound is placed.
The basic Six-pointer, three lines crossing, appears to be
widespread locally... including several gardens I have dowsed.
You can see the outcome of this process in the gallery below -
where the ley lines appear straight, is just the simplification
of my drawing...
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO ENLARGE AND TO SEE TEXT
In 2020, within my parents' one acre garden,
I traced a much closer pattern of lines than I had
expected, which lead to my current understanding
of how prevalent ley lines actually are.
What interested me was the clear correlation of my
mother's garden design, created very intuitively over
the years, with the pattern of ley lines running
through the property.
It reinforced the sense that certain places feel good
and tied in with another recurring theme I have noticed -
the seemingly intuitive positioning of memorial benches
on ley lines, crosses or stars.
More recently I have noticed how animal tracks, typically
seen running through wild grassland or marshland areas,
correalate with leylines - exactly the same as our human
tracks, well observed and postulated by Alfred Watkins
back in the early Twentieth Century.
When I started this project around 2009, I was
looking at the existence of a single ley lines as special -
like the famous Michael Line forinstance.
Now I can see that ley lines are indeed a very
local phenomenon, creating a complex, living weave
and mantle of lines, crosses and stars.
Ley lines definately vary in strength - sometimes the rods
turn and hold their position very strongly, whereas many
appear relatively weak.
I try to dowse consciously and with respect.
For-instance I avoid dowsing inside churches and
would always seek permission first.
In my experience, not everyone is a natural dowser.
With some, the rods keep randomly moving as soon as
they are held in position.
I call these folk 'spinners'... literally live-wires, while
others register no movement at all.
These folk I call 'earths'.
Between the two are the 'neutrals', individuals who
register a clear and immediately discernible movement
of the rods as the ley line is crossed.
I propose that this observation should be taken into
account in any blind test - that potentially less than half
of folk fall within the spectrum of natural or neutral-
natural dowsers?
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