Earth mysteries
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| - | '''Ley lines''' are alleged alignments of a number of places of [[geography|geographical]] and historical interest, such as ancient [[monument]]s and [[megalith]]s, natural ridge-tops and water-fords. Their existence was suggested in 1921 by the amateur [[archaeologist]] [[Alfred Watkins]], in his books ''Early British Trackways'' and ''[[The Old Straight Track]]''. Watkins theorized that these alignments were created for ease of overland trekking by line of sight [[navigation]] during [[neolithic]] times and had persisted in the landscape over millennia. | + | The term '''Earth mysteries''' describes an interest in a wide range of spiritual, quasi-religious and pseudo-scientific ideas focusing on cultural and religious beliefs about the [[Earth]], generally with regard to particular geographical locations of historical significance. |
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| - | *[[Pattern recognition]] | + | |
| - | *[[Confirmation bias]] | + | |
| - | *[[Geoglyph]]s | + | |
| - | *[[Archaeoastronomy]] | + | |
| - | *[[Cursus monument]] | + | |
| - | *[[Telluric currents]] | + | |
| - | *[[Songlines]] | + | |
| - | *[[Psychogeography]] | + | |
| - | *[[Earth mysteries]] | + | |
| - | *[[Ley tunnel]] | + | |
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The term Earth mysteries describes an interest in a wide range of spiritual, quasi-religious and pseudo-scientific ideas focusing on cultural and religious beliefs about the Earth, generally with regard to particular geographical locations of historical significance.
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