What exactly are ley lines and why are they there?

Question

No wikipedia copied- and- pasted answers, please.

Answer 1

i think its places where the earths magnetic field is tangeable and ancient religions in britain such as druids marked them as special places where the earths energy could be tapped. where they meet are specially significant eg at the ocean and land. apart from that i really would suggest wiki as i have found this an amazingly accurate and informative source for all subjects.

Answer 2

It is said that the word "Ley" comes from the Saxon word for cleared glade. Paul Devereux and Ian Thompson, in their book, The Ley Guide, quote from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary that the word "ley" can be linked to "lea" meaning a "tracked of open ground." Watkins believed that the image of the actual ley surveyors/designers can be seen by looking at the chalk figure known as "The Long Man of Wilmington," located in Sussex. In 1974 these types of design in the Southern parts of Britain have been linked to the markings on the pampa/ground close to Nasca, Peru, by Maria Reiche a German expert.

http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/leylines.htm

Ley lines, or Leys, are alignments of ancient sites stretching across the landscape. Ancient sites or holy places may be situated in a straight line ranging from one or two to several miles in length. A ley may be identified simply by an aligned placing of marker sites, or it might be visible on the ground for all or part of its length by the remnants of an old straight track.

Ley Lines were 're-discovered' on 30 June 1921 by Alfred Watkins (1855-1935), a locally well-known and respected Herefordshire businessman, who while looking at a map for features of interest noticed a straight line that passed over hill tops through various points of interest, all of which were ancient. At the time of his discovery, Watkins had no theory about alignments but on that June afternoon saw "in a flash" a whole pattern of lines stretching across the landscape. Four years later, in 1925, he described his vision in a book he titled The Old Straight Track

you can read more at:

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMLeyLines.html

Answer 3

They are ancient unmarked lines that often run from one ancient monument or site of religious/ spiritual significance to the other. They are often considered to have magical properties with unexplained phenomena occuring on them more so than in general.

Answer 4

http://www.leyman.demon.co.uk/Book,_Safe_As_Houses.html