Ley lines

Underwood also wrote of the old churches he had dowsed, that 'certain blind springs and water lines determine the exact position of the altar'(Ibid, P165), and that animals typically give birth, create nests, or rest over blind springs, indicating to him that these spots emanated some form of "restorative property" (Ibid, P61-62).

Separate from other spiritual theories of ley lines (and likely used for propaganda purposes), two German Nazi researchers Wilhelm Teudt and Josef Heinsch have claimed that ancient Teutonic peoples contributed to the construction of a network of astronomical lines, called “Holy lines” (Heilige Linien), which could be mapped onto the geographical layout of ancient or sacred sites. Teudt located the Teutoburger Wald district in Lower Saxony, centered around the dramatic rock formation called Die Externsteine as the centre of Germany. Nazism often employed ideation of superiority and associated Aryan descent with ancient higher cultures, often without regard for archaeological or historic fact. See religious aspects of Nazism.[