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Introduction
The most potent ancient monuments around the world have one thing
in common: the presence of Earth energies (i.e., underground
water, ley lines, and ley-line power centers), which have the
power to alter and uplift human consciousness. Dowsing is the
intuitional practice or technique for locating these Earth
energies.
Everything on Earth is in transformation and change, flowing,
growing, blowing, falling and rising. Many of these systems, such
as rivers, wind, weather and tides are easily seen. Some are
invisible to us because our senses can pick up only limited ranges
of vibrations and radiations. For example, we can see color, but
not X-rays. We can hear sounds, but only if they are loud enough
and only if they are within our hearing range.
Many of these invisible spectrums can be detected and "seen" by
the extension of our sense via various technologies: films,
amplifiers, readouts, scopes, transducers, etc. In the future new
spectrums will be discovered, as the technologies to detect them
are developed. Until technologies are developed to reliably detect
the presence of underground water and Earth energies, we must rely
on the sensitivity of our bodies and the intuition of our minds to
guide us in the right directions.
The human body is the best "receiver" on Earth. We can detect many
things that machines and technologies cannot, especially in the
areas of emotion, feelings and consciousness. Two subtle energy
systems on the frontiers of human perception, the electromagnetic
fields of underground water streams and ley lines, are beginning
to be recognized, studied and used today. These Earth energies are
important because ancient monuments such as stone circles, as well
as cathedrals and all kinds of historic sacred spaces, are
invariably situated on centers of Earth energies.
Ley lines
Along with water lines, ley lines are found at most ancient
monuments and sacred places. The honor of the rediscovery of the
ley-line system belongs to Alfred Watkins. His basic postulate is
that ancient monument sites align in straight lines. Many ancient
sites found on British ordinance maps can actually be connected to
form an incredible coincidence of interconnecting lines. A
shortcoming of this particular definition of ley lines is that
many "ley hunters" have assumed that just because three or more
sites are aligned, they are therefore automatically on a ley line.
This simply is not true. Alignment does not determine the presence
of a ley line, although it can act as supporting evidence for one.
The ley-line system exists as an independent circuitry with the
capacity to affect consciousness. Ley lines are part of the
Earth's energy system. Monuments serve to reveal or mark the
network, making the sites more special by connecting and
networking them together.
Ley, as a word, is akin to leoht (light illumination) and Middle
English lea meaning "pasture land, a meadow which is open to the
sun and therefore, at times, drenched with light." This connection
of the word ley with light is significant on several levels.
Physically, the clearing of tracks through the forest lights the
way and marks the "ley of the land."
The word ley is related to ley, lee and lay. This etymological
sequence describes a sort of cosmic roadway system upon which
people traveled in pre-Renaissance times. First, lines were
delineated by cleared hilltop notches (ley), then woodland through
which the ley line passed was cleared (lay), and then the fields
which domesticated the landscape were cleared (lee) with the names
ley, lay, and lee applying to each stage of ley landscape
development.
Visualize mounded tree groves on ley lines and a grove of trees on
the ley lightway, filled with sacred cosmic light. Imagine
standing on a hilltop at dusk, seeing an aura of lighted lines
passing through earthworks and stone circles, with darkened groves
of trees glowing with soft light. A magical mystery tour!
Ley lines and light are very closely related. Ley lines are cosmic
forces originating outside of the Earth. They penetrate and leave
the Earth vertically at nodes. The penetrating nodes are called
power centers. As illustrated above, when entering, ley lines
continue to a point 265 feet below the surface of the Earth. At
this point, it makes a 90 degree right-angle turn and travels in a
perfectly straight line as seen from a "birds-eye view" and in an
undulating motion as seen from the side, but always maintaining a
depth of 265 feet, relative to the surface of the Earth.
The average length of a ley line is twenty to thirty miles,
although the length can vary from only a few feet to thousands of
miles. The width of the line varies, but the average is 5-1/2
feet, the width of the Roman road. The horizontally traveling ley
line exits the Earth by again turning 90 degrees and passing
straight through the center of the Earth and coming out the other
side.
What do Ley Lines feel like?
Like water lines, a vertical field extends up from the ley line
through homes and buildings. The nature of this field is yang or
energetic. A person who sits or lies over a ley line for an
extended time will tend to be hyperactive. This can work to
advantage in healing or in situations where extra energy is
useful, but if someone is already very energetic, the ley line may
cause an unhealthy situation. And if the ley line is negative, the
negative aspects of extra energy will be manifest in tension,
anxiety, and neurosis. Here are some comments from people talking
about what standing over a ley line feels like to them:
- "Energizing, white/fuzziness."
- "Light, see a glowing line that
goes with the direction of flow."
- "Began to feel like I was
weaving."
- "Faint smooth energy."
Water lines
This primary water system exists deep inside the Earth as hydrated
minerals. At shallower depths, this diffuse "steam-like" field of
water gradually coalesces into pockets of liquid water which
eventually connect into underground streams. As shown in the
illustration below, the water travels upward in a vertical shaft
called a "pipe" until its flow is stopped by an obstruction. This
point is called a dome of water because the water is, in effect,
domed up. If fissures or cracks in the Earth are connected to the
pipe, the pressure of the water pushes the water into the cracks,
which then become what we call underground streams, or water
lines, which can then travel for great distances under the Earth's
surface. Their course through the ground is generally winding and
non-linear.
An artesian well or water spring is formed when a water line flows
on its own power out from the surface of the Earth. It is common
practice to dig or drill a hole down to the water line to find a
water source. Thousands of well drillers are in this business.
There is a difference between ground water and the primary water
system described above. Ground water is part of the above-ground
hydrological cycle involving evaporation, cloud formation, rain,
rivers, oceans and the underground water table. Primary water is a
totally below-ground hydrological cycle and therefore is not
affected by drought.
Primary water is found at most ancient monuments and temples.
Usually, there is a water dome or even a well or a spring at the
center of the monument. A water spring, the place where water is
available for use from the surface, is a natural spot for building
a sacred place. By marking the site, or distinguishing it from
other places, the monument becomes "holy ground."
The close relationship of water lines and springs with ancient
monuments was established by M. Louis Merle and Reginald Allender
Smith in the 1930s. Both these men were dowsers, or diviners of
water; they could locate underground streams and springs without
using scientific instruments. Merle established that ancient
monuments were situated over the crossing of underground streams.
Smith went further to say that springs are constantly present at
the centers of stone circles and earthworks. This discovery
indicated that the selection of sites for ancient monuments was
not arbitrary, but a conscious decision based upon the presence of
underground water.
Smith's work inspired Guy Underwood to spend many years
investigating the connection between ancient monuments and
underground water. In his book entitled The Pattern of the Past,
Underwood identifies a principle of Nature "which is unknown to,
or unidentified by science."
Many animals are not only affected by water lines, but can
instinctively perceive and use them. We, as humans, are also
affected, but less naturally and need artificial assistance to
perceive them. Using a forked stick or dowsing rod, when we are
over a water line our muscles tense slightly, causing an almost
imperceptible reflex movement in the arms and hands, which cause
the stick to move and indicate the presence of water.
What do water lines feel like?
As water flows through underground streams, it creates a subtle
electromagnetic field, several feet wide, that rises vertically
above the water line, even through multiple floors and stories.
This vertical planar field of electromagnetic energy affects
people physically, mentally and spiritually.
Here are some comments from people talking about what standing
over a water line feels like to them:
- "Slow and warm and fuzzy."
- "Heavy in my arms."
- "Faint undulating energy."
- "Surprise. Electric. Pleasing."
- "A flowing directional pull,
like ripples."
- "Chocolate syrup."
- "Calming energy."
It's one thing to experience the
effect of a water line by standing over it for a short time. It's
another thing to work or sleep over a water line. A water line has
a yin, or passive field, associated with it. Being on a water line
will tend to slow you down and make you feel lazy or apathetic.
People who work at desks over water lines often have problems
getting enough energy to get work done or even to get started.
Water lines can have serious negative effects when the water line
is polluted physically or psychically. Negative water lines not
only create a place of passivity, but can be detrimental to one's
physical and mental health. I consider negative water lines to be
one of the world's major causes of disease. The negative effects
of water lines and how to cure them are explained further in the
section on Geopathic Survey Service.
Power centers
At every point where ley lines enter the Earth (inshoots) and at
approximately 70% of the nodes where ley lines leave the Earth (outshoots),
there is a water spring. The ley-line inshoot or outshoot and
accompanying water spring are the universal prerequisites for
power centers. It is not just the water spring as suggested by
Underwood or the ley line as suggested by Watkins, but the union
of the two that determines the site selection of monuments.
Ley lines and water lines have fundamental similarities and
differences. They both form a network of force fields over our
planet and seem to affect human behavior, although in different
ways. Ley lines originate from outside the Earth, while water
springs originate from inside the Earth. Ley lines travel in
straight tracks with 90-degree turns, while water lines are
non-linear and circuitous.
The power of ancient monument sites lies in the interaction of the
telluric Earth field of water lines with the cosmic solar field of
ley lines. Their combination creates a synergetic, holistic field
which is greater than either of the two energies taken separately.
This fusion of the fundamental components of the Universe, yang
and yin, is the source of all matter, energy and consciousness.
The power center radiates a universal energy that affects
consciousness and can also be influenced and changed by
consciousness. In fact, as silt becomes sedimentary rock over
time, strong human emotions experienced over time at a power
center create layers of consciousness that future visitors can
feel and experience. For example, here is a short story about my
visit to an underground chamber, located in central Vermont.
In the late seventies, I belonged to a group called the New
England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA), which studies
the historic and prehistoric past of New England. There are many
interesting stone and earth monuments all over New England that
NEARA helps locate, preserve and study.
One summer day, I drove to the top of a mountain in central
Vermont. At the top, I parked and started walking around. I get a
certain feeling at power centers and I was picking up on this
feeling as I found a standing stone and a recumbent stone with
Iberian Ogam inscriptions believed to have been written by
European Celts 3000 years ago. So much for Columbus "discovering"
America. At the center of this cosmic place is a beautifully
preserved underground chamber called Calendar II because it is
oriented to the midwinter sunrise. If you sit inside the chamber
and look out the entranceway on the morning of the winter
solstice, December 21, the sun will rise in the center of the
entrance. Analysis by archeoastronomer Byron Dix shows that the
chamber was also used in lunar observations and eclipse
prediction. This is only one of many such sites found all over New
England.
This chamber, like most other such chambers, is located over an
underground water spring and a ley-line power center. As I entered
the chamber, I felt a palatable presence in the air, an increase
in energy density, an intensity of experience. It came to me that
this chamber was specially designed to evoke these kinds of
feelings and experiences. The overhead lintel stones weigh
approximately three tons each. I couldn't stay in the chamber for
more than five minutes. The "volume" of the energy in this place
was too high for my tastes and sensitivity.
Monuments harbor the potential for universal creative power that
can be directed for the progress of humanity. In India, such spots
are called tantrapieds, places for liberation and enlightenment.
These sacred places have a very spiritual vibration, facilitating
deep meditation and contemplation.
When a person stands on a water line, ley line or power center,
the field of the water line affects the person and their own
field, or aura. Just like the heat waves we can see rising off a
highway on a hot summer day, there is a similar, semi-visible
emanation all around our body which, under special conditions, can
be seen as a field of light three to twenty-four inches or more
silhouetted around our body. You may have seen someone's aura as a
faint light or glow around their head, especially when they are
next to a light-colored wall.
So far we have discussed three kinds of Earth energies: water
lines; ley lines; and ley-line power centers, with yin, yang and
balanced (yang-yin) fields. There are other kinds of Earth
energies that also affect us. One example of such a power center
is at kivas in the Southwest United States. When visiting
Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, I stood in the area
where a kiva, now ruined, had been. I could feel power and a yin,
telluric force field. The kiva was a sort of magnetic center into
which energies were drawn from the surrounding countryside, and
then drawn upward into a concentrated vortex.
This feeling of power as sensed by our consciousness and body is
the key thing to seek at any sacred place -- it is the effect of
the field on our consciousness that really counts, not the name,
technicalities or details.
When you visit ancient monuments or sacred places of any kind, be
aware of and experience your level of consciousness. Feel how you
change in mood, what kinds of thoughts you have and what "comes to
mind." If you have negative feelings or don't feel a place is safe
or "right," avoid it.
Ancient monuments are a blessing because they elegantly mark power
centers. In many parts of the world, all you have to do is find a
megalithic monument, mound or ceremonial place and you've found an
important power center.
But what if you want to find a power center and there isn't a
monument or ancient place near you? Or what if you are interested
in analyzing power centers to find out how they work or how the
patterns of Earth energy are manifested? Well, unfortunately there
are no commercial Earth energy meters (yet) on the market.
Currently, there are two ways to find power centers. One is just
to be able to feel them, naturally. I have one friend who can just
walk to a power center and say "here it is." People like this,
though, are quite rare. The other way to find power centers and
Earth energies is through the technique of dowsing.
Dowsing
Dowsing (deuten, to declare, douse, to plunge) refers to
techniques for finding water or other things by using a dowsing
instrument, such as a dowsing rod. The use of the dowsing rod, a
Y-shaped forked stick or rod used to find water and hidden objects
is probably as old as humankind. The dowsing rod is still is used
commercially by many well-drillers and contractors who have to dig
around underground pipes and lines. A good dowser/well-driller can
find good, pure water 95% of the time.
Dowsing is searching for anything by projecting an intent of what
is desired and receiving confirmation or non-confirmation feedback
through the body, usually by the movements of a dowsing
instrument. It is a form of clairvoyance, the ability to see at
any given moment what is happening elsewhere. Our senses are
really more powerful than we think. Because our physical and
psychological apparatus is designed to satisfy our desires, they
realize their potential only to the extent we utilize them.
Divining is a close synonym of dowsing and gets to the root of
what dowsing is all about. Divining comes from the word divinus
meaning "of, or by, or for a god, the gods, also inspired by
them." Hence, divining is a spiritual practice -- the success of
which rests on a divine state of mind.
There are many books on the history of dowsing, the exploits of
successful dowsers and the many uses and applications of the
dowsing technique. I call dowsing a technique, rather than a
science, because technology is proven by results and nothing else.
Science requires theory, explanation and proof. Needless to say,
proof of dowsing in the academic world is slow in coming. Why?
Primarily because dowsing is not a physics problem, where the
people performing the experiment can be virtually excluded from
affecting the results. Dowsing can't work without a person. The
circumstances and people that the dowser is operating with have a
definite influence on the results.
Dowsing is simply a natural tool that enables you to amplify what
you are already perceiving, but simply have not bothered to pay
attention to before. It is a handle on the abstract world of
feeling, intuition and the sacred.
Dowsing is a very important technique for anyone working with
sacred or haunted spaces. Dowsing can be used to:
- Locate underground water lines
and springs. The direction of flow, depth and quantity of flow
(gallons per minute) can also be ascertained.
- Locate ley lines and their
direction of flow.
- Find power centers, places
where the Earth's field alters human consciousness.
- Determine if a water line or
ley line is having a negative effect on the health of the people
living or working above the line.
- Communicate with and receive
guidance from Devas and Angels.
- Map underground earth energies
in order to design and build sacred spaces.
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