Earth Energies

In the page on Feng Shui I wrote :

Energies from the Earth
The earth is undergoing constant change, including movements within the molten core and continental drift.  In addition there are geological fault lines, underground water courses, and much else which affects us.  This includes the traces people leave behind.

Energies from the earth can be detrimental or beneficial to us, and dowsing is used to detect such energies, so that they can be transformed or enhanced.  In the west this is usually referred to as 'Earth Energies', or 'Geomancy', which includes the subject of  Geopathic Stress.

Earth Energies is an extremely large subject.  One aspect many people have heard of is that of 'Ley Lines'.


Ley Lines

Leys are straight lines connecting ancient sites, churches, marker stones, mounds, etc, running for some distance across the land.

Their existence was rediscovered in the early 20th century by an extraordinary Herefordshire man called Alfred Watkins, inventor of the Bee photographic meter and much else.  His books on this subject include Early British Trackways and The Old Straight Track.

One of Britain's best known leys runs from St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, across Britain to the Norfolk coast. This is the subject of research by leading dowsers Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst, and written up their book 'The Sun and The Serpent'.  Their next book set out details of a different line also running from St Michael's Mount, and the line in 'The Dance of the Dragon' crosses Europe and ends up in the middle east.

Ley Lines can therefore be long distance lines.  There are other 'energy' lines which cross the land, and these may be detrimental, or beneficial, to health.  Sometimes all such lines are referred to as ley lines, but within the earth energy community, the term 'ley line' is now restricted to long distance lines of great antiquity, a kind of neolithic regional planning.
 

Geopathic Stress

There are many other lines besides ley lines.  There are many different causes, and many different manifestations.  Some detectable (dowsable) lines are due to underground water, some due to faults in the earth. 
 

Predecessor Energy

People also leave traces behind them, an example being when  entering a room where there has been a argument and remarking afterwards that you 'could cut the atmosphere with a knife'.

These traces can sometimes leave detectable fields or lines of energy embedded in buildings or the landscape.  The subject of the origin and nature of the different lines is considerable, and the Earth Energies Group of the British Society of Dowsers - probably the key community for people interested in these things - has produced a booklet defining some terms, in order to further understanding.  

Where the effect of a line is detrimental to health, the land is referred to suffering from Geopathic Stress.

Making changes
If the lines running through a property are detrimental, they can be injurious to the health of the people who live above them.  Dowsing can be used in a variety of ways to transform the situation.  The different methods usually consist of some outer action - such as the placing of crystals - together with some inner action, such as focussed thought, intention, or prayer.  One such technique is known as ...

Earth Acupuncture
With this approach dowsing is used to identify detrimental lines.  These are then 'staked out' by the insertion of copper rods, twigs ('wands'), etc at appropriate points along the lines.  At the same time the person performing the action undertakes various inner exercises/requests that the energy be transformed.

If all goes well, dowsing will subsequently show that there is no longer any detrimental energy present.