Exploring the Ley Lines of Europe

by Franois Capmeil

Some years ago Michael Poynder introduced me to a book by Hamish Miller & Paul Broadhurst,
called The Sun and the Serpent about the Ley lines of Europe. I was totally engrossed by the book
and taken by the fascinating re-discovery of the Michael and Mary Ley lines in England. I eagerly
awaited the arrival of the next book called The Dance of the Dragon which covered the re-
discovery of the Apollo and Athena Ley lines, going from Ireland, through Cornwall, France, Italy,
Greece and on to Armagedon in Israel.

Coincidentally, shortly after I finished reading the second book, Anthony Wong did a presentation
at the Society about his travels to the Pilgrim sites of Europe. The connection between the two was
stunning and this prompted me to ask Anthony for permission to use and modify his presentation to
form the basis of a new presentation focused on Dowsing, thus was born Exploring the Ley Lines
of Europe.

This was three years ago, and I had no first

hand experience of the Ley lines. So my
wife and I decided take the opportunity of
a visit to my parents in Paris to visit Mont
Saint Michel in Brittan, and get acquainted
with the Ley line energy. Mont Saint
Michel is one of the main pilgrimage sites
in France, with Chartres and Vezelay, and
the location of a major crossing of the
Apollo and Athena Ley lines.

Mont Saint Michel is a unique site, originally built on a pyramidal rock, located in the middle of a
deep forest. In the 8th century the sea bed collapsed and the mount became an island. The
Archangel Michael himself prompted the construction of the first chapel. He appeared to a monk
called Auber, requesting him to build a shrine on the side of the rock, near the top. Auber flately
refused. A second request by the Archangel was also rejected by Auber. At the third request, Auber
foolishly asked for a sign.

In response, the Archangel poked a hole in his skull with

his finger. Auber did get the message that time and
promptly built a small chapel on the mount at the exact
location of the crossing of the Apollo and Athena Ley
lines. Auber eventually became the Archbishop of a
nearby town called Avranches. His skull can be seen
today in a glass relicary, in the church of Avranches. The
hole in his skull is clearly visible as you can see on the
photo.

Over the years, building on the mount increased, so

much so, that the location of the original chapel was lost,
buried under other churches. It was rediscovered in
recent times. Visiting this original chapel was high on
our list of things to explore.
Driving from Paris is easy, an expressway links Paris directly to Avranches in less than 4 hours,
much less if you drive as the French do.

The mount is visible from quite a distance, spectacular amidst fields of salty grass, grazed by herds
of black headed sheep. Getting closer, one becomes aware of the powerful energy emanating from
the mount. The tides are some of the highest in the world. The sea retreats up to 18 kilometres
away at low tide. It comes back up at high speed. The high tide is sometimes up to 14 metres higher
than the low tide.

On the mount is a small, very well preserved, medieval town filled with pilgrims and tourists from
all over the world. A single very narrow street winds up to the top where the entrance of the abbey
is located. But our immediate interest was to get acquainted with the Ley lines.

According to the book, the Athena line runs across the fortified walls, close to the entrance of the
town. Dowsing rods at the ready, I scan the walkway at the top of the wall. Nothing, OK, I ask
Show me the Athena Ley line, no response, nothing. But it is there. While me, the so called
Expert is doing his thing, my wife is watching the scene, kind of amused by my efforts. Now of
course some of you, who are astute dowsers, will have guessed what my problem is: My dowsing
system has no idea what Athena Ley line means in terms of feeling, hence no response.

I was pacing the walkway back and forth, feeling a bit frustrated. My wife was kind of walking
around, facing me. She became very still quite suddenly. I looked at her, sensing a change, I saw
some tears in her eyes, and she signaled Come here. There is a particular invisible aura when
someone is really connected inside and grounded. I sensed that in her, so I came closer. What?
she pointed to the ground, What? she stayed quiet. So I stopped and stood there, quiet too.

One can never really succeed in describing

inner feelings, but I must say it felt a bit like
opening a bottle of wine. You pull on the cork
and nothing happens, then slowly the cork
moves, slowly a bit more, then all of a sudden
the cork gives in, comes out and opens the
wines aroma to your delighted senses. So this
is sort of what happened, but the experience
was leading to an inner intoxication, not an
outer one.

The feeling is only available from one's inner

silence, and unless you get there, it will only be
a walkway on a medieval castle wall. I do not find reaching this inner state easy, but with
concentration, I can do it, and when I do, the feeling which floods me is divine. A couple of tourists
passed us by, totally unaware of the happenings.
We did find the Apollo line in the same manner, slowly walking over the location, focusing intently,
mind empty, receptive, until the cork popped out, and what a delight it was then.

To visit the original chapel, called Notre Dame

Sous la Terre (Our Lady Underground) we
have to take part in an extensive and costly
three hour tour of the Abbey. We finally get to
the Chapel with another 50 tourists. The tour
guide got really annoyed at my dowsing rods
and took personal offence when I said that there
was a divine energy there. According to him, it
had to come from above, not below Go
figure! The chapel is beautiful, and I could find
the exact meeting place of the Ley lines, but it
was not easy to be still and focused with all
these people looking at me in disapproval.

When we came back out, the high tide was starting to cover the car park, so we had to go before
our rental car turned into a boat. We could not walk to where the lines enter the mount outside the
walls, now deep in the coming high tide. We left happy but knowing we had to come back. On the
way back to Paris, we visited several Ley line crossing points, an abbey here, a holy well there,
unfortunately too much to describe here.

We also wanted to see the Le Mans

cathedral. Our first view was impressive, its
unique system of Y-shaped flying
buttresses making it appear more like a
spaceship about to lift off than a structure
of heavy stones built by medieval masons.
Leaning against the west wall was a truly
amazing stone, unlike any we had seen
before. It looked alive. Covered in folds as
if draped in cloth, it assumed a most
powerful presence.

We could feel the energy emanating from it which seemed to have discoloured the wall, forming a
visual aura around the stone.We arrived too late to enter the cathedral. The doors were closed but
we found the Apollo Ley line flowing right into the doors at 45 degree angle. We wanted to find a
motel for the night, to be ready to visit the inside of the cathedral the next day.

We got lost driving in the suburbs; it was getting late and were tired. Finally we found a motel, got
the room key, went up to the room to find it in a mess. So we asked for another room. There was
something to this room, but we were tired and went to bed right away. On waking up, I felt
something to my right, just outside the bed, like a gentle push on my shoulder.

I opened my eyes, wide awake, a gentle thought popped into my mind: Apollo runs here the line,
a mere foot in width, was running right between the edge of the bed and the wall. It was a soft
tangible feeling. We pulled 2 chairs on the line and spent time meditating in total silence and
stillness. Totally refreshed we went to visit the cathedral.
In 2009 we had a chance to go back to Europe,
starting with England. The idea was to visit Hamish
Millers backyard, South Cornwall. Hamish agreed to
meet us. He was great and gave us some good tips,
some ordinance maps of South Cornwall and very
kindly, a complete set of the Ley lines maps. He had
spent more than 10 years of research tracing these
lines, while working on the two books mentioned
earlier.

Cornwall has its very own Mount Saint

Michael, a small island located opposite the town of Marazion. The island can be reached by a
walkway at low tide. Hamish gave us the exact location of the meeting point of the four lines
(Michael & Mary and Apollo & Athena) on the mount.

This was a real treat. Once on the mount, we had to reach an area forbidden to visitors, jump a
fence and follow a small path to the real spot, totally hidden from view. There, we basked in the
feeling for hours, forgetting totally about time and tides, in total peace. After what felt like a short
time, several hours later in fact, we walked out to find the island closed, the outside gate locked and
the tide coming in. We jumped the gate, and ran on the walk way back to shore, just in time not to
get wet feet.

We started to make some observations. The feeling was getting more familiar, easier to feel, it
lingered, a bit like a friend. We also felt a definite change in ourselves. Spending time on the lines
has an effect on consciousness. So the pilgrims of the ages had it right, they did not come back
home the same as when they left. The lines all the way through France and Italy have supported
many saints over the centuries. All of this is outside of any belief system. In the early days before
the 11th century and the start of the Crusades, there was a great amount of religious tolerance and
everyone had access to holy sites around the known world.

Cornwall is a very lovely place and we decided to explore the coastline using the ordinance maps
given by Hamish. These maps made a huge difference for us. I had printed some aerial maps of the
area using Google Earth, so I felt well prepared. But once on the ground, since we had no idea
where we were, the aerial maps were of no use. Thanks to the Ordinance maps, we were able to
locate the area where the Carn-Les-Boel stone, marking the last crossing of the Michael & Mary
lines, as they leave England for the Atlantic Ocean, was located. A ragged coast, full of mysterious
caves, and big stones everywhere.

The Carn-Les-Boel stone itself eluded us for a

couple of hours, but it was fun walking in the
wind swept rocky coast, trying to prevent my
dowsing rods to turn into wind vanes. Finally
we found the Mary line and followed it to the
stone. This rather large stone looks like any
other stone in the area, but it is carefully
balanced on top of three smaller stones. It felt
so good to have found it, after all the walking,
through farms, pastures and fields.
We could not help but hug the stone. Who
knows how long ago it was placed in this
location and by whom, we wondered.

We figured that this stone weighed at least 10 tons, maybe more. If a person could lift 100 kilos, it
would take 100 people to lift it into position on the 3 smaller stones. But there is no room around
the base of the stone for 100 pairs of hands. This place felt good, then we tried to lie down on the
energy line itself, away from the wind, it was real fun.
The next point inland was a holy well on the Mary line called Alsias well. Again we had placed
our hope on the Google aerial maps, but in Cornwall in summer, most roads are covered with
vegetation, so it was impossible to see the roads on the photos, even with the assistance of the
ordinance maps, we were lost. A kind gentleman pointed us to three steps on the side of the road. It
took us ages to discover these three steps, totally hidden under the grass.

The steps led us into a field, then another field and finally we could see the metal gate of the well. A
very small affair, very cute. Hidden in a hollow was a mini cave filled with clear water seeping
from the ground. Someone had placed a small crystal just were the water comes out. A chard of
ancient pottery lay in the shallow pool. A very humble place, but filled with sweet energy.
 On the way out the farmer was waiting for us, a
very friendly chap who confirmed that the well
was very ancient. He had been to Australia in
his younger years and we chatted for a while.
You know, sometimes it feels so good to be
alive, we felt invigorated again by the energy,
like a soft glow. Somehow the sky seemed
bluer, the trees greener, people nicer and the air
sweeter to breathe.

The experience to find this well gave us some

feeling for the kind of work Hamish had to do
to locate these places. It took us the best part of
the day to find Carn-Les-Boel, by the time we left the well, the day was gone. The maps Hamish
gave us go all the way to Armagedon in Israel, can you imaging the work involved. It gave us a lot
more respect for the achievement.

On the other side of the Mount, the Apollo and Athena lines leave England for France. We wanted
to sample at least one other crossing point before leaving Cornwall. We selected a small church
called Gunwalloe.

It was easier to find, at the end of a small

laneway, a small church, backed up against a
hill, its back to the sea to shelter it against the
wind, next to a cove. You can hear the sound of
the waves in the cove. The church was very
pretty, but the strange thing was that the Ley
lines did not cross in the church but in a square
tower located behind the church. The tower was
locked so we could not see inside. But Hamish
in his book tells of going inside the tower, he
says A rope was dangling from a single bell
and a powerful feeling of antiquity. The energy
was so strong that it made our knees tremble as
it rushes through the rock floor. It was obvious that the tower had been built on top of a rough, rock
cut cave of considerable age

Hamish found that the energy inside the tower formed an energy field in the form a of a four
petalled flower shape, similar to a Maltese Cross with rounded edges, around the point where the
energies of Apollo and Athena buried themselves deep into the ground. The diameter was about 8
feet, with 7 inch gap between the petals. The tower was aligned with the arms of the cross formed
by the energy lines, not to the cardinal points.

The Athena line also crosses the altar inside the church at 45 degrees, meeting with a water line,
right on the altar. On the other side of the church, the energy continues towards an old stone cross
looking a bit strange. We found dozens of snails had lodged themselves in the hollows of the cross.
Do snails feel the energy too or were they very religious snails?
Hamish also says that Many people have reported curious experience at Gunwalloe, for it appears
to be one of these places that is rich with otherworldly glimpses.

After England, we flew to France as we had to re-visit Mont Saint Michel in Brittany, and I am so
glad we did. This time we had very precise maps of the energy locations. Coincidently, the high
tide was very low due to the phase of the moon, allowing us to walk around the mount and look at
the entry points of the Ley lines. We also wanted to see again the original chapel built by Saint
Auber. The original monk eventually became the archbishop of Avranches, a holy saint (pun
intended), before his skull graced his own church.

The view of the mount greets you from afar, coming close you feel the pull and the majesty of the
place. I quote Hamish Up above, a single golden shaft of sunlight picked out the statue of St
Michel, sword raised and wings outstretched, on his lofty pinnacle five hundred feet above. A flock
of birds flew by, and we recalled how Mont St Michael was noted as a place that migrating birds
favoured on their own pilgrimages. Were they tuning in to the energy lines of the Earth force as
they flew from continent to continent?

We asked to visit the chapel Our Lady Underground, but were told it was impossible until the
weekend. When I mentioned that we came all the way from Australia to see it, a kind lady tour
guide took upon herself to take us there. Armed with a key about a foot long, she took the two of us
down the dark corridors under the cathedral. This time, we were alone with the energy and this very
friendly lady. We did have the time to enjoy the amazing feeling, look around and explore. Each
line enters the rock face through a separate altar.

We noted the dedication of each altar, on the Athena line, dedicated to Mary, on the Apollo line
dedicated to Archangel Michael. The two lines actually meet inside the rock. Then we both just
stood there, on the path of each line, silent, still and elated. After a while, this pricked the ladys
curiosity. She asked what we were doing. We told her about the Ley lines, as lines of divine energy
 linking human consciousness to the divine plane. She asked if she could feel it too, I said Sure,
come over here. She moved over the line and stood silent for a while. After a while she just said
Now I know why I am a guide here, I always wondered why I did not ask what she meant, or what
she felt. It was glad enough she felt something.

This time we could not leave. We walked

on the line everywhere we could, outside
on the sand, above the chapel in the
cathedral where the exact meeting point of
the lines can be reached, walking
surreptitiously over the line, slowly, back
and forth, yet always focused inside. An
observer would have never guessed where
our focus was.

Leaving was hard, we even walked on the

line in the parking lot, going back to the
car.

Dowsing (Scientific Dowsing) for the

quality of the energies at these Ley line
crossing points, we found invariably the
horizontal wave of the following 3 energy qualities:
- Higher Harmonic of Gold (the plane of Divine Wisdom)
- Higher Harmonic of Ultra Violet (the Atmosphere of the Angels)
- Horizontal Negative Green (the carrier wave linking the physical to the divine realm)

I am sure we could have detected some subtle differences between each line,
and maybe other colour harmonics, but documenting this will be for next time.
These 3 energy qualities are to be found at all holy sites. We did verify that
they were present at all the line crossings we visited. They are said to be
highly beneficial to humans and consciousness enhancing.

How were these measurements made? I used the Virtual Cone pendulum,
invented by the French Scientists Chaumery & De Belizal in the 1950s. This
pendulum can be set to detect any of the 12 energy quality bands. It can
differentiate between the Horizontal wave (beneficial) and the Vertical wave
(detrimental) of each band. The energy quality bands have been given the
names of colours. They are not colours, although they resonate with the colour
of the same name.

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