A Life of Ley Hunting

1970

Detecting the power in the leys (The Ley Hunter, May 1970)
There has been quite a bit of evidence recently that the ley system represents not just a worldwide system of alignments, but also a grid of some form of energy which at the present time is unknown. Yet, in spite of the evidence, the power still remains elusive and no positive method of detecting it has been found. Although it has been called magnetic energy, it is not magnetic in the familiar sense, as it does not cause any deviation to a compass needle

However, there has been some evidence. Mr. Williams, of Abergavenny, has reported finding strange fogging marks on photographs he has taken of ancient sites. I have never noticed this on any pictures I have taken, but this could be because not all sites are active, or that they are not active all the time. It could also be that the photographer is acting as a catalyst in some way, as was apparently the case with Edgar Cayce, the famous psychic diagnostician, in his short career as a radiographer. All the X-ray plates he took showed some strange anomaly, such as a tail or two hearts, and this forced him to give up the job.

I have noticed at some ley centres (but only a comparative minority) that at one precise point I get quite a strong humming sensation in my head. It is difficult to describe for it is quite obviously generated inside my head and not heard with the ears. My fiancee has also noticed it, but I do not know of anyone else who has. Some churches it has been noticed in are: Slapton Church, Devon; the Rodney Chapel of St. Leonard's Church, Rodney Stoke, Somerset; St. Michael's Church, Angersleigh, Somerset; and St. Mary's Church, Walton-on-Thames. Many other sites, although ley centres and points, do not give this sensation. I have never noticed it at any other type of ley point either, which is rather a mystery.

What is really needed, however, is some form of positive detector, which will, as with a geiger counter in the case of radioactivity, give some positive indication of leypower on any particular spot where it may exist. Until such a device is built, the question of power in leys will remain a debateable point in spite of the evidence of legends, accuracy of leys and the two points mentioned above.

Honeymoon in Glastonbury
1970 was the year of my marriage to Doris, and we spent the first week of August on honeymoon at Chalice Well, Glastonbury. Little St. Michael's is in the Chalice Well garden at the foot of the Tor, a powerful and peaceful spot we had visited before on holiday with my parents. We looked at the significantly-named Dod Lane alignment, in which that lane aligns with the main axis of the Abbey, although the then warden of Chalice Well, John Simmons, always tried to play down the mysterious, saying that Dod Lane was just a housing estate, there was nothing unusual in the construction of the underground wellhouse at Chalice Well, and there had been no UFOs sighted over the Tor. We found out later that one had been seen over it at the time of Apollo 11 the previous year, by workers at the Morlands factory. John's wife was rather the opposite, being convinced that she had a gnome with a red hat under the sink!

Ley categories
There may be a case for dividing leys up into categories, although I think the straight stretches of track are connected with the power-lines. Prehistoric tracks not connected with leys meander about seeking the easiest route and would seem to be something completely different. Logically, astronomical sighting lines should be separate, but in some mysterious way they all seem to tie in with other leys. It is interesting that the line joining the centres of the Somerset and Kingston Zodiacs seems to go through two of the long barrows on Salisbury Plain which form the Ursa Minor figure. Thus these barrows have a double significance; part of a ley, and part of the constellation figure. Whoever made this system certainly knew what they were doing!

Leys and Orthotenies Symposium
(Paul Screeton - The Ley Hunter, December 1970)
Never having spoken in public before I found the British UFO Research Association symposium on leys and orthotenies somewhat frightening. I arrived a little late with my wife, Jimmy Goddard and his wife (with whom we were staying) and my pre-speech nerves were not helped by this, having to speak last, four microphones attached to tape recorders, and being sketched.

Brinsley Le Poer Trench was chairman, and John Michell gave the prologemena, outlining the basis for accepting leys as paths of a form of current.

Philip Heselton related how Tony Wedd (who was to have been on the panel, but is travelling by land to Australia - he has got as far as Turkey at least), described a grid pattern over England which Philip (its discoverer) believes may be of great significance, and pointed out that an "inspirational" speculative approach must come first in the subject, to be backed up later if need be by scientific methods.

Jimmy Goddard spoke of the current in the leys, and noted points which suggest a link between leys and UFOs, which collectively "fairly well establish" the connection.

I discussed the Durham zodiacs, the Hart Stone, stated why I do not think that UFOs use the leys for propulsion, and suggested that the ley power is somehow spiritual and the fact that perhaps the UFOs follow the leys to guide us into realising there is a remarkable potential in the leys, whose power will enrich us and our environment. I also mentioned why we might expect at ley points to encounter ghosts, elementals and UFOs - beings sharing our world on other planes.

The question session was lively, and I think that the evening was of value and that we made out a valid case for the leys.

It also afforded an opportunity to meet many interesting people, including contributors and subscribers.

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