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Thread #121939   Message #2957206
Posted By: Stu
03-Aug-10 - 04:50 AM
Thread Name: The re-Imagined Village
Subject: RE: The re-Imagined Village
I don't think it is. As is evidenced by the asterisk, I had intended to add a footnote to the effect it doesn't but as I wished it did, still sent off my subs. However, I was typing that post when I should have been working and so forgot to write the note. I actually stopped receiving the magazine when I first got married and we didn't have enough money to eat, let alone buy periodicals.

However, The Society of Ley Hunters does exist and seems to be carrying on the work in the same way. Paul Devereux is still working in the field, and though I respect him and his past work enormously I long ago stopped reading his books when he became convinced of the leys = spirit paths theory. I'm not sure that analogues from one cultures can always be applied so readily to another, and to my mind the whole theory didn't ring true. His appraisal of North and South American spirit lines is fascinating though, and whilst some coffin/spirit paths exist in our islands I don't think they are ley lines.

Nigel Pennick is still publishing and working in 'spiritual crafts', and he is still involved in many folkloric and traditional activities and is a wonderful author.

Apologies for the error!