The intrinsic geometry which underlies all things is the basis for geomancy, and has found its most beautiful expression with the geomantic architectures which have been used though the ages to harmonise sacred sites with their purposes and positions on the earth. The pathways of geomantic power which link these sacred sites show up as alignments between them and have been variously called dragon paths, fairy roads and ley lines. Thus we have two elementary symbolic forms – the straight line and the spiral - to show alignments between geomantic points and the energy fields around the points themselves.
Geomancy is perhaps one of the two earliest forms of magic. The other, shamanism, deals with spirits, elementals and powers. Geomantic magic deals with the very substance of earth and heaven that enables these entities to exist. The geomancy of a site can therefore tell us much about the usage of a site. Its orientation against sunrise alignments, the geometry of the site and the numerology built into its structure, its alignments to other sacred places: all these can tell of a sites symbolic functions and will reflect the macrocosm in the microcosm of the site, the greater in the lesser.