Ley Lines or Dragon Lines
Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth
There is a theory that lines of some sort connect places of significance. For example, a line drawn between two ancient sacred sites, two medieval churches, two ancient burial sites or an ancient well and the summit of a hill, and then extended in either direction will be seen to link several or many more such sites. A classic and popular example is a line drawn between churches dedicated to St. Michael from Cornwall north-eastwards across southern Britain. This connects not only several such churches but also Glastonbury and Avebury. These are presented as objective facts for which it is possible or even necessary to find an explanation. Both claims for the veracity of such lines and their explanations, and arguments against them, are far from objective or neutral. The present discussion is not interested in whether such claims can be scientifically proved or disproved, or in the adequacy or accuracy of the complex metaphysical systems built around acceptance of such lines, but focuses on the nature and role of such understandings in the wider practice of Pagan living in a living planet.
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“Ley Lines” or simply “leys” became part of the currency of the English Language after 1921 when Alfred Watkins
Stood on a hilltop in Herefordshire and suddenly perceived the beautiful English landscape before him as newly laid out in a web of lines linking together the holy sites of antiquity.
Watkins himself thought of these lines as ancient trackways or mundane roads. Those convicted by UFO stories have thought of ley lines as the navigational flight paths which direct space aliens around our planet. These stories are less important now, except as the initial cause of considerable interest in alignments of sites and in the lines themselves.
What are Dragons? - Part II
Dancing with Dragons
[…] What are dragons? Are they real or imaginary? In the Western world, our word dragon comes from the Greek drakon and the Latin draco. Drakon comes from a verb meaning to see, to look at, or possibly to flash. Certainly in most legends dragons spend their time watching, whether it be treasure, territory, or the supposedly captive maidens. The word “dragon” is used in many different fields, as diverse as astrology, astronomy, alchemy, magick, heraldry, psychology, and the study of dreams. From the time that humans began to record things, dragons have been mentioned.
In astronomy, the ancient constellation of Draco is in the northern heavens and curves in a winding pattern between the Big and Little dippers. It ends in the Dragon’s Head, a trapezium of four stars. The star Draconis is a brilliant double star. The constellation has probably shifted over the millenia and may have once been the polestar to which the pyramid of Cheops was aligned.
Fantasy Dragons and Snake Gods
An Instinct for Dragons
Groaning like a furnace, it hoisted its reptilian body from the ground, labored into the air on stunted wings, and rolled, belching sulphurous smoke, like a churning thundercloud toward the small farm. Its hideous roar shattered the morning calm, announcing the presence of the most terrible of creatures. The humans ran for their lives.
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The Chinese call it lung; the Hawaiians, kelekona or perhaps mo’o. It is zmaj to Croatians and Serbians, lohikaarne to the Finns, and unktena to the Cherokee Indians of North America. The Polish tell of smok, the Turks of the ejderha, the Maori of New Zealand of the tarakona, and the Hungarians of sarkany. The Japanese say tatsu, the Welsh draig, the Germans lindwurm, the Dutch draak, and the Lakota Sioux unhcegila. The creature is named in Aztec, Arabic, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, and others. English speakers call it dragon.
Winged Sun Disc of the Ancient Times
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Sacred Magic Of Ancient Egypt: The Spiritual Practice Restored
The symbol (winged Solar disc) is derived from the legendary tale Heru and the Winged Disc, inscribed on the walls of the Edfu temple. In this saga, the young god as paraoh battles his adversaries and takes the from of the winged disc to dispel them. The two cobras on either side of the icon present Auset and Nebt-Het, who accompany him on his quest and offer protection. Thus, the symbol is used for apotropaic effect as well as an indicator over chamber entries of the Solar axis in the temple.
Quoted from the pages 55-56 of the book Sacred Magic Of Ancient Egypt: The Spiritual Practice Restored by Rosemary Clark
It (the winged disc) first appears in Egypt in very early times (3rd millennium B.C.) purely as a solar symbol. It was considered a symbol of power and royalty and was adopted by a large number of people. In egypt the winged sun-disc with uraeus symbolised Egyptian royalty and signified the triumph of right over wrong.
Quoted from the page 23 of the book The Language of the Harappans by Malati J. Shendge
Meet the Sun Gods
The Rough Guide to The Universe (Rough Guide Science/Phenomena)
The power of the sun is reflected in the appereance of a Sun god (or gods) in virtually every mythology and religion. Here are some of the most notable.
Amaterasu
The Japanese Sun Goddess whose full name, Amaterasu Omikami, means “Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven”. The Japanese imperial family claims direct lineage from her, and her emblem, the rising Sun, appears on the national flag. In her most famous story, Amaterasu hid in a cave after a family quarrel, thus plunging the world into darkness. She only reappeared after catching a glimpse of her own magnificence in a mirror.
Helios
The Greek Sun god who in Roman mythology is called Sol and is identified with Apollo. Helios’ task was to drive his horse-drawn chariot across the sky each day. When he allowed his son Phaeton to have a go, the young man was unable to control the horses and came so close to Earth that he burned parts of it. To save the day, Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and Phaeton tumbled into the river Eridanus.
