Ways


Sacred ways / leys are said to have been first made by the feet of angels. Legends of secret underground tunnels linking ancient sites are a folk memory of them.

As noted by Alfred Watkins in The Old Straight Track, these are frequently straight alignments of notable features of the landscape and sacred sites. It is said to be unlucky to obstruct such spirit paths.

Resources:
The Old Straight Track, Alfred Watkins  



Blesle

Click for larger image - Rocamadour Step
Rocamadour

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Click for larger image - Bonn
Bonn

Click for larger image - Rocamadour, Escalier des pelerins
L'escalier des pèlerins
Rocamadour

Martel
Martel

Click for larger image - Plazac
Plazac

Click for larger image - Plazac
Plazac

Bon Temps
Bon Temps

Click for larger image - Plazac
Plazac

Click for larger image - Plazac
Plazac

Le Rat
Le Rat

Poperdu
Poperdu

Gimel
Gimel

La Roche aux Fées
La Roche aux Fées

Le Pas de l'An
Le Pas de l'An

Click for larger image - Coquille St Jacques, Perigueux
Le Chemin St Jacques
Perigueux

Click for larger image - Perigueux
Le Chemin St Jacques
Perigueux

Click for larger image - Wonwell

Wonwell

Click for larger image - Mothecombe
Mothecombe

Click for larger image - Les Greves, Mont St Michel
Les grèves
Mont St Michel

Click for larger image - Sweetheart Abbey
Sweetheart Abbey

Click for larger image - Dartmoor
Dartmoor

Click for larger image - Dartmoor
Dartmoor

Click for larger image - Dartmoor
Dartmoor

Click for larger image - Dartmoor
Dartmoor

Click for larger image - Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo

Click for larger image - Ridge Road
Modbury

Click for larger image of the Wildwood Way
Wildwood Way

Click for larger image - Cornwall
Cornwall

Click for larger image - Flushing
Flushing

Click for larger image - Pemberton
Pemberton

Click for larger image - Dartmeet
Dartmeet

Click for larger image - Murel
Murel

Click for larger image - Meavy
Meavy

Click for larger image - Tours de Merle
Les Tours de Merle

 Scilly
Isles of Scilly

Click for larger image - Honister Pass
Honister Pass

Click for larger image - Chatsworth
Chatsworth

Click for larger image - Warbstow Bury
Warbstow Bury

Monk's Walk
Monk's Walk

Click for larger image - Le Chemin St Jacques, Ste Foye La Grande
Le Chemin St Jacques
Ste Foye La Grande
 

Click for larger image - ND de Belpeuch
ND de Belpeuch

Click for larger image - Pemberton
Pemberton

 Click for larger image - La Chapelle des Bois
St Astier

 Click for larger image - Prieure de Merlande
Prieure de Merlande

 Puy de Vic
Puy de Vic

 The Way at Mont Gargan
Mont Gargan

 Mural
Mural

Tours de Merle
Tours de Merle

  Le Chemin St Jacques, Collonges la Rouge
Le Chemin St Jacques
Collonges la Rouge

 Creysse
Creysse

Click for larger image - Bergerac
Bergerac

  St Céré
St Céré

 Click for larger image - Mont Gargan
Mont Gargan

Creysse
Creysse

Mimizan
Mimizan

Mimizan
Mimizan

Click for larger image - St Avit Senieur
St Avit Senieur

Click for larger image - Orcival
Orcival

Massiac
Massiac

Click for larger image - Serres, Algarve
Serres, Algarve

La Bourboule
La Bourboule

Calais
Calais

Click for larger image - Les Pierres Jaumatres
Les Pierres Jaumatres

Click for larger image - Les Pierres Jaumatres
Les Pierres Jaumatres

 Pons
The Way of St James

Click for larger image - The St Michael & St Mary Lines Ley alignment: Glastonbury
St Michael & St Mary
alignment
 

Click for larger image - Hurepoix
Chemins de la Vouivre
Hurepoix

Click for larger image - St Catherine's Hill, Winchester
Winchester 

 



In his superbly inspiring book
The Art of Pilgrimage Phil Cousineau reminds us of the potential for experiencing the sacred on our travels.

Ways which have been trodden by former pilgrims are especially potent, bringing echos from our ancestors as has been amply demonstrated by researchers such as.


Selected Bibliography



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