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The Geo Group -Dowsing Earth Energies
The Geo Group
Finding Places of Power: Dowsing Earth Energies
 Introduction Ley
Lines Water Lines Ley-Line Power
Centers Dowsing
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.
Copyright 2000, Chuck Pettis and The
Geo Group. All Rights Reserved. Revised
February 14, 2000
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