M&D - 651- Gravity less important than Rapture

[John Bailey]

I heard of ley lines growing up with TV shows such as Leonard Nimoy's
"In Search Of..." and, later, The X-Files and all that other popular
conspiracy stuff.

Not disputing their historical existence but it makes sense that they
became more interesting in the early twentieth century as they're a
bit like a magical version of electricity power lines, railroads, the
telegraph, etc. A mystical counterpoint to the real lines of power
that were carving up the globe. Maybe that also defines so many of the
things that were fascinating the counterculture Pynchon emerged from -
but I think there are problems in finding patterns of occult
resistance that mirror the shape of the thing being resisted, no?

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> --- On Wed, 2/24/10, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>> > I'd never heard of Ley Lines before MD.
>> >
>> > http://www.crystalinks.com/grids.html
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>> > 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.
>> >
>> > [...]
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>> >
>> > 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
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