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Earth mysteries are a wide range of spiritual, quasi-religious and pseudoscientific ideas focusing on cultural and religious beliefs about the Earth, generally with regard to particular geographical locations of historical significance. Believers in Earth mysteries generally consider certain locations to be "sacred", or that certain spiritual "energies" may be active at those locations. The term "alternative archaeology" has also been used to describe the study of Earth mystery beliefs.〔〔 The study of ley lines originates in the 1920s with Alfred Watkins. The term "Earth mysteries" for this field of interest was coined about 1970 in ''The Ley Hunter'' journal.〔earlier use of the term "earth-mysteries" mostly refers to actual mysteries dedicated to chthonic deities in classical antiquity.〕 and the associated concepts have been embraced and reinvented by movements such as the New Age Movement and modern paganism during the 1970s to 1980s.〔 Some New Age believers engage in travel to locations they consider important according to their beliefs; for example, Stonehenge is a popular destination among New Age seekers. ==History== The concept of earth mysteries can be traced back to two antiquarians during the 17th century- John Aubrey and William Stukeley who both believed that Stonehenge was associated with the druids. Stukeley mixed together ancient monuments and mythology towards an "idealized vision" of nature.〔(Re-presenting an old outdoor entertainment stonehenge David Crouch with Adam Collin )〕 "Ley lines" were postulated by Alfred Watkins in 1921 at a presentation at the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, later published in ''Early British Trackways'' (1922) and ''The Old Straight Track'' (1925). Watkins formed the ''Old Straight Track Club'' in 1927, which was active until 1935 but became defunct during the World War II period. A revival of interest in the topic began in the 1960s, now associated with neopagan currents like Wicca, and with UFOlogy. The "Ley Hunters' Club" was formed in 1962 by Philip Heselton and others as a revival of Watkins' ''Straight Track Club''. The club's journal ''The Ley Hunter'' appeared from 1965 to 1970 subtitled ''the Magazine of Earth Mysteries''. The New Age boom of the 1980s expands the scope of the "Earth mysteries" field beyond the British landscape, and ''Earth mysteries'' as a "New Age invented tradition" by the 1990s could include the study of ancient sites and landscapes (including archaeology, archaeoastronomy, and ley lines), Chinese geomancy or feng shui, western magical concepts of gematria, and dowsing. An important writer combining these fields during the 1970s to 2000s was John Michell. Michell's book ''The View Over Atlantis'' mixed ley lines with folklore and archeology; these ideas became known as "earth mysteries".〔Danny Sullivan, Ley Lines: The Greatest Landscape Mystery, Publisher Green Magic, 2005, p. 11 ISBN 0954296346〕 A British writer on earth mysteries John Ivimy wrote a book in 1975 called ''The Sphinx and the megaliths'' in which he linked the Egyptian Sphinx to the British Stonehenge and other megaliths claiming they were all built by a group of "elite trained" people.〔(New Scientist Aug 29, 1974 )〕 Authors who wrote on earth mysteries in the 1980s include Paul Devereux and Nigel Pennick.〔Caitlin Matthews, John Matthews, Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus, Publisher: Inner Traditions, 2004, p. 55 ISBN 9780892810918〕 Related ideas include the "landscape archaeology" advocated by German author Kurt Derungs from about 1990, and the wider field of "Forteana", a term taken to include paranormal phenomena more generally. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「earth mysteries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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