EARTH ENERGIES

What are Earth Energies?

In addition to the energy arising from such sources, some earth energies are also regarded as being the Earth’s equivalent of our meridian system. Therefore, just as our life-force flows through our energetic body, the Earth which is also a living organism, has its own energy flows.

When this energy is able to flow freely around the energetic body, all is healthy, in harmony and in balance. However, should one or more energy centres become blocked in some way, dis-ease can set in; this situation pertains to the Earth just as it does to human and other animal life. In the former case, human life, itself dependent on the health, vitality and fertility of the Earth, may be compromised in some way. It is when the earth energies become deleterious to human health that we consider them to be geopathically stressed. Please refer to the section on Geopathic Stress for further information on how we can recognise the signs of geopathic stress and indications of how it may be treated.

It is important to note that earth energies are not static or fixed; they may move to the right or left, they may expand or contract and their strength and potency may fluctuate. They tend to be strongest at midday, mid-summer, full moon, and during periods of heightened solar flare (sunspot) activity.

Different types of Earth Energies and how they manifest

Some of the categories of earth energies that are most significant in terms of impact and prevalence are energy leys and water-related phenomena.

If one were to look at a number of them on a map, one would see that energy leys apparently travel through the country in reasonably straight lines, frequently rising from below ground level and rising upwards for a considerable distance. However, tracing an energy ley in more detail through the locations through which it passes will reveal a somewhat different story, as leys frequently flow in a serpentine fashion from one energy centre to another.

The respected Cornish-based dowser, Hamish Miller www.hamishmiller.co.uk has undertaken several in-depth explorations of these energy leys and their paths, and has co-written the tale of these odysseys with Paul Broadhurst in some wonderful books. The Serpent and the Sun traces the Michael and Mary lines across the UK, The Dance of the Dragon follows the Apollo and Athena lines across Western Europe.

Occasionally, energy leys are found to start only at first or second floor level but, irrespective of where they start, they will be felt further up any building through which they pass, just as strongly as they are on the lower levels. One of the quirks of ley energy is that is can sometimes become distorted as it rises through the different levels. This means that, while generally the line will be traceable through exactly the same points on each floor, there are situations where there will still be ley energy present at higher levels, but it will not follow exactly the same route.

While ley lines are not actually earth energies, they do have a part to play in the energetic landscape, and is a term that many people may have heard. A ley line is a term that is frequently but erroneously used to describe an energy ley. Ley lines were first described by a British photographer, Alfred Watkins, in 1924. Looking out over the landscape, he suddenly became aware of a network of lines connecting a number of sacred sites. Ley lines are now defined as being straight lines of sight between sacred sites such as stone circles, standing stones, churches, and are generally required to have a minimum of 3 structures in a row within 5 mile radius, though the lines can be, and generally are, much longer than this, and can be found with clusters of sites over a short span. It is important to remember that it is line of sight that is the determining factor for a ley line – there may, or may not be, an energy ley running through the ley line, and this is something that needs to be checked separately.

Water-related energies are generally not straight, though sections of them can be. The water we are looking at here is not considered to be part of the precipitation cycle but is known as primary underground water, i.e. it has never yet reached ground level. When a water diviner sets about dowsing the ideal location for a well, it is usually a primary underground water source that he seeks.

There has been considerable research to indicate that water can carry very strong energetic imprints, depending on the influences to which it has been exposed, and most dowsers concur in the understanding that spending long periods over underground water can be detrimental to human health. This is particularly the case when the water has become stagnant or has passed through fissures or other physical features that may have caused some contamination, such as radiation. Although it seems difficult to assimilate this, we believe that this can be the case even if the stream is located hundreds of feet below ground level. Points where two or more contaminated streams cross are considered to be particularly deleterious to health, even if they flow at very different depths.

Amongst the manifestations that we commonly find are:
• Blind springs (UK) or water domes (US), where water is found to rise underground; these frequently have one or more veins of water leading off from them. Deer like to sleep over these points and many sacred sites are found to be located over a blind stream.
• Down shafts are similar to blind springs, except that the water is going downwards akin to an underground waterfall
• Water veins are underground streams

Amongst other features that we find are:
• Spirals
• Sinks
• Fountains

Ascending water sources generally cause most problems to humans living over them if they spend time over the edges of the lines whereas descending water sources are generally found to be strongest at the centre point, i.e. midstream.

Earth grids seem to be a complex part of the Earth’s energetic infrastructure. The best-known earth grids are the Curry and Hartmann grids. The Hartmann grid has been found to run North-South and East-West and were described by a German doctor who established that the lines are alternatively “positive” or “negative” in charge and that a crossing point of two “negatives” is particularly detrimental to health. These lines are generally found c1.1m – 2.5m apart. The Curry grid lies at a diagonal to the Hartmann grid and can be located some c2.3m – 3.5m apart, depending on location. This grid too can have a positive or negative charge.

In fact, it seems that there are numerous energy grids running over the Earth’s surface; some are close together, others are far apart; some have narrow lines, others have relatively wide lines. The most important consideration regarding these grids is whether they have become stressed in some way, and thus their possible impact on our health.

Background to Earth Energies

Geomancy in all its many forms developed from thousands of years of observation of energies and patterns in the landscape and its impact on the population. In China, for example, a whole science of geomancy and feng shui grew from this and was carefully compiled in a collection of ancient texts. Inherent in these works was recognition of the importance of astrological and astronomical time.

The fact that these observations have been used continuously down to the present day clearly indicates that the system works or otherwise people simply wouldn’t bother with it. And it should be remembered that we are not talking about a set of superstitions observed by the peasantry here; many of the prominent Hong Kong banks and other large-scale corporate entities employ geomancers and feng shui practioners as a matter of course. Given that financial institutions have their eye on the bottom line, this speaks for itself.

As mentioned previously, most other cultures have their own geomantic traditions, though in the West we have largely lost our sight and understanding of these, with the result that modern geomancers are faced with the challenge of endeavouring to piece together our knowledge of how the system worked. Nonetheless, a sense of our geomantic heritage remains in tales of Dragons, Great Serpents, Giant Worms, Crocodiles etc being chased through the landscape and ultimately defeated by knights and saints.

Why did the Chinese and others feel the need to work with these earth energies?

According to Christopher Bird in The Divining Hand :

“It was believed by the ancient Chinese that water flowed in subterranean courses called ‘veins of the Dragon’ (Lung Mai). Passing to and fro out of sight, the hidden veins of water served, like the bloodstream of animals, to remove impurities from the body of the earth... and to deposit curative minerals within it. An ever-undulating network of currents in the atmosphere matched the earth’s circulatory system. The currents, running through Mai or channels, carried the Qi or vapours ”

The Chinese used these technologies almost exclusively for the well-being of the empire and on behalf of the aristocracy. Some of the ways that they were implemented included:

- drawing beneficial energy towards the seats of power

- energetically connecting different parts of the empire

- manipulating the beneficial energies to increase the wealth of the emperor

- enhancing the ancestral energies, creating a symbolic link with the past, though the appropriate siting of sacred structures and burial sites

One interesting point to note was that to maximise the power of these free energy sources, the practioners and those charged with implementing their findings went where the energy was; if the terrain was flat, fine, but if it went up a mountain, that was where they went too, rather than around the base. For instance, the first part of the Great Wall of China, built during a period of expansion and affluence, serpentines along, up and down hill, whereas the second part, built in a period when the Empire was in decline, was much straighter.