M&D - 651- Gravity less important than Rapture

[Mark Kohut]

I had never heard of ley lines either and hardly remember and I notice from
what Robin has sent that they were first named 'ley lines' in a 1921 book. 

--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: M&D - 651- Gravity less important than Rapture
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:33 PM
> I heard of Ley lines from ye olde
> wiccan types in Berkeley. Diane Paxon notes the ley line
> that runs from the campanile on the campus down Telegraph
> ave. Seems to be a strong one, attracting many weirdos and
> aliens.
> 
> A lot of these ley lines are produced by the electrical
> fields generated by underground waterways. Berkeley's full
> of 'em.
> On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:10 PM, David Morris wrote:
> 
> > I'd never heard of Ley Lines before MD.
> > 
> > http://www.crystalinks.com/grids.html
> > 
> > Planetary 'energy' grid theory falls under the heading
> of
> > pseudoscience. It operates through geometrical
> patterns that follow a
> > specific symmetry linked to sacred geometry.
> > 
> > The grids meet at various intersecting points forming
> a grid or
> > matrix. This is equivalent to the acupressure points
> on our bodies.
> > These grid points can be found at some of the
> strongest power places
> > on the planet.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > 
> > Ley lines refer to hypothetical alignments of a number
> of places of
> > geographical interest, such as ancient monuments and
> megaliths. Their
> > existence was suggested in 1921 by the amateur
> archaeologist Alfred
> > Watkins, whose book The Old Straight Track brought the
> alignments to
> > the attention of the wider public.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:25 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> aren't they these ley lines, areas of power. dixon
> I think flys along them at one point, a wondrous
> counterpoint to the secular lines of tavern and earthly and
> deadening commerce
> 
>