To those who read Ley Lines, the first edition of this book, and have any recall of what was said, I would suggest that they skip Chapter 1, This is simply a repeat of the original Chapters 1 and 2 and is here included as an introduction for new readers. The chapter on Ley Hunting has been greatly extended, correcting some of the original errors and sorting out previously unsolved problems. The many lines on the Shieldaig Peninsula are dealt with in fuller detail in Chapter 9.
The next three chapters have been largely rewritten, in order to remove the mathematics which apparently proved such a stumbling block to many readers. They were included so that any of my fellow scientists who should read this book might find that there was some truth in it, and that I was not basing my conclusions on a lot of wild and unsupported assumptions. That this was not entirely without success was proved by many of the letters I received. These mathematics are now banished to the various appendices, where they are available for anyone wishing to see this supporting evidence.
The effects of dowsable energy on plant growth, a subject which was barely touched on in the first edition, are now considered in much fuller detail in Chapter 6, while Chapters 7 and 8 deal with the many other properties of dowsable energy lines which I have investigated. The conclusions discussed in Chapter 10 have been completely reconsidered in the light of all I have discovered since writing Ley Lines. For the Gaelic names of places, I have adhered strictly to the spelling on the Ordnance Survey maps, however erroneous this may appear to be, so that readers may more readily find these places. The translations are based on the versions considered most correct by the various authorities I have consulted.
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John Havelock Fidler, Ph.D. J. Havelock Fidler read Zoology and Botany at Cambridge before studying Agricultural Entomology for hist doctorate at Reading University. He has spent over thirty years in agricultural research and became... |