Although often hostile to archaeologists, some ley hunters attempted to ascertain scientific evidence for their belief in earth energies at prehistoric sites, evidence they could not obtain. Ley hunters often combined their search for ley lines with other esoteric practices like dowsing and numerology and with a belief in a forthcoming Age of Aquarius that would transform human society. Michell's publications were accompanied by the launch of the Ley Hunter magazine and the appearance of a ley hunter community keen to identify ley lines across the British landscape. This view was promoted to a wider audience in the books of John Michell, particularly his 1969 work The View Over Atlantis. In 1961, Tony Wedd put forward the belief that leys were established by prehistoric communities to guide alien spacecraft. Independently of Watkins' ideas, a similar notion-that of Heilige Linien ('holy lines')-was raised in 1920s Germany.ĭuring the 1960s, Watkins' ideas were revived in altered form by British proponents of the countercultural Earth Mysteries movement. They also argued that in prehistory, as in the present, it was impractical to travel in a straight line across hilly or mountainous areas of Britain, rendering his leys unlikely as trade routes.
His critics noted that his ideas relied on drawing lines between sites established at different periods of the past.
Although he gained a small following, Watkins' ideas were never accepted by the British archaeological establishment, a fact that frustrated him. He argued that straight lines could be drawn between various historic structures and that these represented trade routes created by ancient British societies. The idea of "leys" as straight tracks across the landscape was put forward by the English antiquarian Alfred Watkins in the 1920s, particularly in his book The Old Straight Track. Archaeologists and scientists regard ley lines as an example of pseudoarchaeology and pseudoscience. Since the 1960s, members of the Earth Mysteries movement and other esoteric traditions have commonly believed that such ley lines demarcate " earth energies" and serve as guides for alien spacecraft. The idea was developed in early 20th-century Europe, with ley line believers arguing that these alignments were recognised by ancient societies that deliberately erected structures along them. Ley lines ( / l eɪ/) are straight alignments drawn between various historic structures, prehistoric sites and prominent landmarks. The Malvern Hills in the United Kingdom, said by Alfred Watkins to have a ley line passing along their ridge
For other uses, see Ley Lines (disambiguation). For the Rising Appalachia album, see Leylines.
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