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Whiteleaved Oak – the Point Where the Three County Boundaries of ​ Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Meet Whiteleaved Oak – the point where the three county boundaries of ​ Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire meet. It is a mystical place: folklore suggests that dowsers, druids, Celts, witches, pagans, faeries, Rainbow Warriors, Native Americans, Extra-Terrestrial Ambassadors and the captain of the Starship Enterprise have all trodden the paths here. The Sacred Oak tree - also called the Pagan Oak or the Magic Oak. The ​ tree and its surroundings are very tranquil. Some believe the Oak is the centre-point of geometric ley lines called 'The Great Decagon', claimed to connect Megalithic sites across southern Britain where ancient Celtic ‘perpetual choirs’ of Druids would chant to maintain a permanent spell of enchantment or peace across the land. At the summer solstice the oak is left strewn with blossoms and flowers and decked with brightly coloured ribbons, feathers, pentagrams and other trinkets and crafts. The inside of the tree is also lined with trinkets, gemstones and jewels left as gifts for the Oak King Ley Lines - ancient, straight trackways in the British landscape, or spiritual ​ and mystical alignments of land forms Glastonbury is traditionally known as the sacred 'Heart of England': believed to be the ​ resting place of the Holy-grail, and Of King Arthur Stonehenge is known to have been constructed for astronomic purposes. ​ Goring-on-Thames, - sits at the junction of the 'Icknield Way' and the 'Ridgeway'. Some ​ suggest a pagan temple existed at this crossing point of these two important prehistoric tracks. Llantwit Major In 500 AD its monastery and teaching centre it became a major centre for ​ education and Celtic Church evangelism, attracting scholars from across Wales, Devon, Cornwall and Brittany including St. Patrick, and St. David ​ Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument in the Peak District, Derbyshire ​ St Michaels Ley - This is probably the most famous ley-line in the world. It runs across ​ England from the tip of Cornwall – St Michaels Mount to Bury St Edmunds and Hopton on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, passing through many prehistoric and numerous other significant places either named after St. Michael or St. George, both dragon slaying saints. The Archangels Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, and Mikael were said to be endowed with a portion of Gods power. It is said in the Bible that the name Michael (Mi-ka-el), originated when Lucifer (the fallen angel), compared himself with God, another angel stood before him and shouted "Who is like God?", which in Hebrew translates as 'Mi-ka-el', after which he became known as Michael. .
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