The Sun and the Serpent by Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst is a book about the Dragon ley line. It is one to which I regularly return. The whole concept of an earth ringed by meridians, veins in a matrix of power, is not just an anthropomorphic projection based on Chinese medicine. Many magnetic images of the earth show similar veins of energy beyond our normal perception. Does the earth, like our own meridian system, harbour an energy matrix? Here in Cornwall the 'Michael and Mary Ley Lines' apparently pass right through the town where I live, so I set out to find out more and ended up writing a novel about them !
Older cultures than ours point to a hidden reality of energy. In an age where energy consciousness is dawning for some at least, perhaps we should attach more value to these ancient energy ‘pathways’. Geobiology is an emerging field and modern physics tells us nearly all the universe is made of energy.
These days our earth is awash with electro-magnetic vibration on many levels. We even carry round our own electro-magnetic disturbance devices in the form of mobile phones. For those who have the ability to perceive and use ‘hidden energies’, modern electro-pollution makes much noise and interference. But perceiving at a more vibrational level is something people are tuning into. The Sun and the Serpent is written by two dowsers who followed a ley line of energy winding from Men an Tol at Land’s End in Cornwall, through Glastonbury to the Wash in the East of England, although this is only part of the global line. It is of particular interest to me as I live near the interweaving lines of the Michael and Mary line, alternatively known as ‘the Dragon Line’, in Lostwithiel,Cornwall UK.
I have spent a lot of time exploring and mapping some of the landscape around Loswithiel. Many ancient lanes and tracks, such as the Saint’s Way still exist and old routes, old crossroads, monuments, beacons, way markers and the like are still in strong evidence. |
Image Courtesy of Andy Norfolk, Meyn Mamvro Summer 2005 |
Looking at a map of the area its possible to see for example how the route of the main road into south Cornwall, here at Lostwithiel, has changed as the river silted up and was easier to cross. You can see how churches, springs, ancient sites and crossroads sometimes form clear straight lines across the map. Take for example an ancient site (and old crossroad) near here, called Druids Hill. The monument shown to your right stands at the natural peak of a hill on the Dragon Line. It is in a glade, surrounded by old scrub woodland. It has entry and exit points at the North, South, East and West, and in between some of them. The site feels very old and the monument has an interesting inscription refering to 'druid idolatry' and 'civil disobediance' (in reference to the Civil War 1644), although it is more modern than this.
'On this hill, once the site of Druid idolatry and in later times the scene of civil bloodshed, This ancient symbol of the holy religion of the redeemer is erected in greater acknowledgement of the blessings of a pure faith and of a peaceful country'.
Across the valley Druids Hill is linked in a direct line by river bridge with the ancient site of Restormel Castle, via an ancient dwelling once known as ‘Trinity’, the original tidal reach of the river Fowey. Project the line and it finds a multiple crossroad at Sweetshouse, which leads directly to the Stone Age site at Helman Tor, on to the church at Lockengate, a beacon hill at Criggan, the famous Roche Rocks and then on to the church at St. Dennis where it disappears into the clay mining area (to emerge on the other side).
Similarly a little further south. The church at St. Veep and the church at Golant (with clear evidence of ferry activity over the river between the two) line-up with the ancient site of Castle Dore. Project this line on to the church at Tywardreath, St. Blazey Gate church, St. Austell church, St. Mewan church, Trethullan Castle, Resugga Castle – all in a clear straight line. These places are way markers in a story that long ago guided the walking visitor through the landscape. The Aborigines call these ‘song lines’. In order to find your way through the landscape, you need to know the right song. With an oral rather than sung tradition in Celtic Cornwall, these journeys through land would be made into stories, a kind of ancient A-Z. |
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| There are now only a few roads joining these key places, the modern roads are engineered to make more use of the contours in the land and are less direct than the straight walking 'song lines'.
Are these ancient ways just routes across land or are, some of them at least, also part of an earth energy matrix? This is not something that will currently be shown by modern science. Dowsing seems to be the main way that ley lines are perceived. What if they are important somehow? What if, in our continued ignorance of nature, we are altering the electro-magnetic integrity of the planet? It seems likely that our earth, like us, may have an energy dimension whose understanding is presently beyond western culture.
Hamish and Paul found interesting evidence of tampering, of redirecting the line in several locations, one notably inside St. Bartholomew’s church in Lostwithiel, by the font. It seems at least some people in days gone by have exerted control over this type of energy. We have lost touch with the energy dimension of ourselves as a culture and it could be that the energy matrix of the planet has been left in an altered condition in some places, presumably to someone’s advantage. But who? And Why?
After all, it can hardly be a coincidence that stalking the Dragon Line directly over the countryside and the whole of my 1:50000 scale map are mile after mile of electricity pylons.
Ref:
Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst. The Sun and the Serpent . Pendragon Press. ISBN 0951518313
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