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Thread #32257   Message #424006
Posted By: Grab
23-Mar-01 - 09:15 AM
Thread Name: Anybody into dousing ley lines?
Subject: RE: Anybody into dousing ley lines?
Problem is that ley line theory seem to arbitrarily decide what's useful. If a feature (eg. a pond or old house) happens to be on a line between 2 points, it's evidence. And as Penny says, you get a lot of features per unit area in the typical English landscape!

Does anyone have any details on content for less populated areas - the mountainous parts of Wales and Scotland, for instance? These are areas with high "mythic content" (count the number of New Age books about Celtic and Pictish legends), whose ppl stayed with their traditions for longer than those in England due to their inaccessibility. Me, I've been walking up in Scotland, and it seems pretty short of features like that.

Nice experiment, Penny - I like that!

Grab.