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The Old Straight Track

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Ley Lines

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Watkins's principal 1925 exposition of the practical old-straight-track theory; establishes that the original formulation was not a demonstrated global energy grid.

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Watkins and Michell document modern ley-line claim genealogy, but the catalog does not establish an intentional ancient network or physical earth-energy channels.

The claim contains a real modern history and some valid alignment concepts, but the broad network and energy interpretations are weakly evidenced.
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Watkins's 1920s theory concerned regional straight tracks, while Michell's 1969 work helped recast leys as an esoteric sacred-landscape tradition.

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