
Other theories posit that ley lines run along fault lines, claiming that the lines begin in the Peruvian Mountains and stretch through San Francisco and Alaska.ĭan Shaw claims that American ley lines pass through or connect nineteen significant mountains and bodies of water that form a “nearly perfect” circle around the Grand Tetons.

Ley lines in the United States are often linked to dowsing and the belief that dowsers can sense these invisible power points. Modern theories on ley lines from John Mitchell, Paul Deveraux and David Cowan characterize them as energy pathways that link sacred sites and connect vortex spots. He referred to astronomy texts, citing the belief that ancient pathways were oriented to sunrise and sunset at solstices.

Alfred Watkins, an amateur archaeologist, used the term ley lines to describe the paths that Neolithic Britons traveled to navigate between land marks these included identifiers like standing stones and small mountains.
