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Originally posted by Springer
reply to post by Sys_Config
Do the page views on Alexa, enough said mate.
Springer...
Originally posted by Double_Nought_Spy
reply to post by Sys_Config
I agree about "sacred places" and such things. I think there is an awful lot going on around us every second of our lives that we don't have a clue about. I have a few favorite spots that have such powerful energy that everyone respects them.
Old Seth had some very interesting things to say about what he called "coordination points." One can learn to sense the nearby ones. It's kind of fun. I've seen more than one utility employee go over to the truck and get out the "witching wires" to locate underground pipes. They are very accurate, too.
Originally posted by Double_Nought_Spy
A few things mentioned on the past couple of pages remind me of the strong undercurrent in the paranormal universe that often goes by the name Trickster.
One early freethinker whose ideas provide a direct route from the early twentieth century to the nascent new age saucer beliefs of the 1950’s and beyond was Alfred Watkins (1855-1935). In June, 1921, Watkins, a successful Hereford businessman running a flour milling company noticed that on his maps many locations in the landscape were apparently connected by straight lines. These lines, he believed were real and formed ancient track ways. Watkins’ 1925 book, “The Old Straight Track” expounded this theory and introduced a potent new phrase into the new age vocabulary when he named these lines of connectivity ‘leys’. Watkins chose the term ‘ley’ because of the frequency with which the word appeared in place-names along the tracks. Many of the leys appeared to go directly through ancient sites such as stone circles, holy wells and churches…..
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In August 1960, Wedd learned of two separate UFO sightings, one along a ley he believed existed which ran from a pinewood on Lye common, and others seen at Keston Mark in Kent. Wedd connected the two events, noting, “The conjunction of the two place names was too big a hint to miss – and I began to suppose from that date that the saucers’ crews knew about the leys.” (Wedd1970: 6)
While this join-the-dots reasoning sounds utterly specious now, Wedd and many others took it as gospel truth at the time. It is an excellent example, were one needed, of how UFOlogists often reach conclusions, using one unproven speculation (in this case leys) to justify another theory about unproven speculation (flying saucers).
Wedd detailed his theories in *Skyways and Landmarks* published in 1961. This booklet is significant for linking flying saucers and ley lines directly for the first time…..
In 1958, Aime Michel published Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, which examined the wave of UFO sightings in France in the 1950s and speculated how they all followed a straight line.
Originally posted by Double_Nought_Spy
reply to post by DrDil
Here is a reference to the author I was thinking of. I think he was the first to write a book about the apparent Mars connection, at about the same time.
In 1958, Aime Michel published Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, which examined the wave of UFO sightings in France in the 1950s and speculated how they all followed a straight line.
Here is the page where I found it.
www.ghostvillage.com...
I am not familiar with this site, and only looked for Michel, but I see there is a reference to a novel in the 30s. Looks like an interesting site. Guess I have more reading to do.
I agree, Doc, the ley lines never have seemed compelling to me. There are some undeniably straight lines connecting things like churches in England, churches often being built on ancient sites with spiritual connections of some type. In the end, though, the ley lines could just as well be remnants of some ancient superstition, even the only remaining vestige of some culture we know nothing about. Kind of like Roman roads that are now highways, though of course we know a lot about the Romans.
[edit on 5/5/08 by Double_Nought_Spy]
In 1958, Aime Michel published Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, which examined the wave of UFO sightings in France in the 1950s and speculated how they all followed a straight line. In the 1960s, ex-RAF pilot Tony Wedd speculated that the UFOs Michel wrote about were lined up over Alfred Watkins' leys.
Originally posted by gorgo
Brent the new guy, is this long enough?
How does one go about telling his friends and family, that for the past year that you thought you had "gone around the bend" so to speak. I guess that you don't. Well' I didn't anyway. What made me change my mind about a week ago? I finally have someone that can verify my story. No, I have 5 different people with stories similar to my story, and thank God that they were together enough to think to grab their cameras and snap some photographs. Me, being a complete and utter idiot, I was too taken in by the thing to even think about the camera that was in my glove box. I was just too freaked out, and I suppose that I went into some kind of shock.
The reason I say that is because (you'll think I'm nuts) the first one actually seemed like it was aware that I was looking at it, and it knew that wasn't good. I don't know why, I just know I could feel it. Also, just prior to this craft began moving along, I could smell what seemed like ozone, or even a burning circuit board.
The down side to this whole sighting has been the huge emotional part of it. I was raised to believe in God and the bible and all of the trimmings. I went to a Catholic school and have been a God fearing creature for most of my life. This sighting has had a profound effect on my ability to negotiate moving around outside without staring up into the sky.
Originally posted by klatunictobarata
reply to post by Double_Nought_Spy
He also related a story that LMH was on C2C and a caller asked her endorsement of Dan Burisch: specifically, if she had run a check on this man's educational credentials. She answered "no' and stated her reasoning: "Because Burisch seems so trustworthy!"