Journal of Geomancy vol. 3 no. 3, April 1979
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In front of the Long man of Wilmington lies the terrestrial figure of the Sussex Elephant, some three and a half miles in length and with the Cuckmere River spilling out of its mouth.
The tusk area is formed by a large embankment obligingly built in the last decade by the Eastbourne Waterworks Company in order to form a reservoir fed by the river. Dowsing shows this to be in the correct place and because of this it is perhaps not unreasonable to assume that the figure, like the ley system, is still being added to rather than deteriorating. The ‘energy’, for want of a more accurate word, that runs around the outline of the figure feels exactly the same as that encountered on a ley, in this case the stronger side I always detect being on the outside of the figure. The trunk ends at the crossroads at Berwick and a roundabout has recently been constructed there. When I realized that this might form the second aperture in the end of the trunk (elephants like us having two and a nearby pond providing the other), I decided to dowse it weekly to find out if there was any reaction. The results were surprising and I can offer no explanation but as it shows us a rare example of energy occupying a presumed geomantic structure it should be of considerable interest. I will not comment on the diagrams below as they are self-explanatory but any mathematical or other suggestions from readers should he welcomed by us all.