Although I am not a scholar of mystical beings and their origins, I can think of no creature more popular than the dragon. Dragons, and dragon-like beings, appear throughout history and across the globe. But where did they come from? And are they, in some way, real?

February 10th marks the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. Of the twelve Zodiac signs, dragon is the only “mythical” creature.

Spiritual texts and ancient books, as well as countless legends and tales talk of winged serpents and dragons. Sometimes these dragon-like beings are depicted as symbols of evil, and sometimes as forces of good. Gods and goddess adopt the form of winged serpent-like beings to bring forth creation, chaos, good fortune, and prophesies. Dragons and dragon-like beings adorn the coffins of pharaohs and act as guardians on ancient pyramids and temples across the globe. And, dragons appear in literature worldwide, sometimes as benevolent beings, and sometimes as evil forces to be slain. Somewhere along the way, Europeans added dragons to their religious images as powerful creatures that needed to be tamed and even killed.

In some ways, I am particularly fascinated by the Christian portrayal of dragons. Christian churches are often built over ancient sacred sites. Sites on Earth believe to hold powerful energy. Energy that some people believe comes from the dragon lines that run through Earth. These more modern religious structures often contain stained glass images or other artwork depicting dragons. Sometimes these dragons are being tamed by archangels or other messengers from God.

Dowsers and people who are sensitive to energy can feel and locate the energy lines that run through Earth. Although I am not a dowser, I often sense these lines of power running through me. As I mentioned in my last post, Earth is a living being, why should it not have energy lines running through it?

There are different theories as to how dragons came into our collective histories long ago. Some people think they were a result of the imagination conjuring up a mythical creature out of snakes, lizards or even the fossils of dinosaurs. Turning the ordinary into something magical. Like a unicorn or a centaur.

But, what if dragons really did, and do exist? Maybe not in physical form, but as a part of the land and its elements?

How many times have you looked at something in nature and thought it resembled a dragon? I seem to see them everywhere I go: in the stumps of trees, in the rocks and land that tumble into the sea…and sometimes they appear in the sky. But never do I see and sense them more than when I am in ancient landscapes. Here, dragon and serpent heads appear in the stones placed by our ancestors. They seem to watch over the land as guardians.

And, as I mentioned earlier, it is at the sacred sites of our ancestors where the energy of the ley lines, or dragon lines pass through and is often concentrated in vortexes or nodes.

I know people who purport to have close relationships with dragons, and some of them have undergone past life regression where they recall lifetimes of shapeshifting into dragons.

So what if these dragons were real to our ancient ancestors? Real enough to put dragons in their sacred texts and structures. And real enough to name the lines of energy in Earth dragon lines?