The idea now more than before is that these ley lines link up under the entire world. Ley lines have been found all over the world since Watkins originally put his ideas to paper, with some being found in India, China and even Australia. On a map, these monuments do line up, along with many others along the way, such as Mont Saint-Michel in France and places in Italy.

Michael’s Ley Line, for instance, has been traced from Skellig Michael on the west coast of Ireland, all the way to the Monastero Sella Maris monastery in Israel. More substantial ley lines, suggested after Watkins’ original theory, have been observed on a much larger scale. Watkins identified lines which ran up the hills from the priory, intersecting with a point where archaeologists believed there was once a stone cresset – the other monument drawn from the Priory. One particular landmark which Watkins’ mentioned in his first book on the topic, The Old Straight Track, is Llanthony Priory, which is actually in Wales. Herefordshire is in the south west of England, indeed not terribly far from Stonehenge. Watkins’ original revelation occurred in Herefordshire, a county rich with historical monuments. There are many examples of alleged ley lines across Britain. The lines were vectors for magnetic energy running throughout the entire world. However, in the 1960s, there was a huge revival of interest in his work and in the idea, as there was in many kinds of esoteric and non-mainstream notions.Īt this time, people came to believe that the lines themselves somehow held great energy, and that they in fact spanned the whole globe-not just Britain.

Watkins’ ideas were maligned after his books were released detailing his theories, and his ideas were not widely accepted.

Alfred Watkins, who came up with the term Ley Lines

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