Sacred sites

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=95 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="009005f0egceij.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>Leylines & Dowsing   -   </I></FONT><I>Sacred sites</I></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><U>Index</U></U></A> - <A HREF="contact2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U><U>Contact us</U></U></A> - <A HREF="englishlinks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="English Links"><U><U>English links</U></U></A> - <A HREF="research.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U><U>Researchprojects & research to</U></U></A><A HREF="research.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U><U> sacred sites</U></U></A> </div> <div> <A HREF="leylines.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leylines other energies"><U><U>Leylines</U></U></A> - <A HREF="sacredsites.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sacred sites"><U><U>Sacred sites</U></U></A> - <A HREF="index2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is dowsing?"><U><U>Dowsing</U></U></A> - <A HREF="geopathicstress.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Geopathic stress"><U><U>Geopathic stress & waterveins</U></U></A> - <A HREF="cropcircles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cropcircles"><U><U>Cropcircles</U></U></A> - <A HREF="megalithic_monuments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Megalithic monuments"><U><U>Megalithic monuments</U></U></A> - <A HREF="paranormal.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="general"><U><U>the Paranormal</U></U></A> </div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="57822c01egerdp.jpg"> <div> [<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="heiligdommen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heiligdommen"><U><U>in Nederlands</U></U></A></FONT>]</div> <div> Powerplaces & sacred sites & sanctuaries<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Powerplaces are places with much power and much energy, here strong leylines cross each other. Our ancestors did already use these places and situated here their sacred site. About energies on powerplaces in general, visit the page <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="leylines.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leylines other energies"><U><U>Leylines</U></U></A></FONT>. On this page it is about the sanctuaries/sacred sites that are situated on a powerplaces. On this page we want to mention all kinds of sacred sites, sanctuaries, fortresses and castles built on powerplaces, and for a part they are further described.</div> <bR> <div> Our ancestors were aware of the powerful places in the landscape. The felt that these places had a powerful energy, a divine energy. Here they tried to contact the gods and the cosmos. Here they situated their sanctuaries and practiced their religion. They also used the powerplaces for defensive works, and when they wanted to start a village or a farm they chose a leycentre (powerplace). All sacred sites, in all kinds and sizes, and from all people, were situated on a crossing of leylines. This was common for very every people around the world. This was done for thousands of years, till approximately 1350, when the Christian church forbade building on powerplaces. Before this decision it was a common use, and sometimes even compulsory!</div> <div>  <A NAME="indexsacredsites"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Our ancestors situated the following on powerplaces.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="megalithic_monuments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Megalithic monuments"><U><U>Megaliths</U></U></A></FONT> (menhirs, stone circles and dolmens)</div> <div> <I>stone monuments as sacred site, where energies were transformed...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Burial mounds (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="megalithic_monuments.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Megalithic monuments"><U><U>see Megaliths</U></U></A></FONT>)</div> <div> <I>graveyard and sacred site, where they worshipped their ancestors and gods, and transformed energies...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Urnfields & sacred sites </FONT></div> <bR> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Geogliefs </FONT></div> <div> <I>figures in the landscape for worship mother earth...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Romans </FONT></div> <div> Roman castella & temples </div> <div> <I>strengthened fortresses and temples on powerful places...</I> </div> <div> Roman roads </div> <div> <I>dead straight roads on powerful paths to reinforce the armed forces...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Rural cultplaces </FONT></div> <div> <I>almost forgotten sacred sites from the Roman era...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Poppe-stones </FONT></div> <div> <I>fertility stones on a leycentre...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Terps </FONT></div> <div> <I>mounds on powerplaces as protection against the sea...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Germanic & Celtic sanctuaries (trees, hills and sources)</div> <div> <I>sacred sites in nature, where the gods and goddesses were visited...</I> </div> <div> Spiral-hills </div> <div> <I>spiraling hills as places of sacrificing, where trance journeys were made...</I> </div> <div> Table-hills </div> <div> <I>places of sacrificing on a hill above the earthly world in the direction of the gods...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Ring wall fortresses </div> <div> <I>places of power for defence and worship...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Defensive works (mottes or motte castles, and castles)</div> <div> <I>nice strong on powerful places...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Churches & cathedrals (cross churches, hall churches, and room churches (<- better word for???))</FONT></div> <div> <I>sacred sites which connect the earth with the cosmos...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Chapels </div> <div> <I>small sacred sites on strong places for worship...</I> </div> <div> ·<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    Monasteries & abbeys </FONT></div> <div> <I>groups of people which gather around a leycentre...</I> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >·</FONT>    Deathroads & corpseroads </div> <div> <I>leylines as runways to heaven...</I> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Not all of the sacred sites are described on the website yet, but will be added in future. With the information you can go to sacred sites to do research by your own.</div> <bR> <div> The sacred sites of our ancestors were more than just a place, tree or building, our heritage was their life.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> %%</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>