{"id":2454,"date":"2025-08-14T16:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/leylijnen-and-our-lady-church-of-breda\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:49:35","slug":"leylijnen-and-our-lady-church-of-breda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/en\/traces-of-the-past\/leylijnen-and-our-lady-church-of-breda\/","title":{"rendered":"Leylijnen and Our Lady Church of Breda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2454\" class=\"elementor elementor-2454 elementor-1202\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a7515f9 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3a7515f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-519633d1\" data-id=\"519633d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154381a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"154381a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leylijnen and Our Lady Church of Breda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43950f86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43950f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Those who are soldiers of the temple are of <b>God<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7afeca90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7afeca90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dutch-order-v2-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1601\" alt=\"Cena de Seder medieval con s\u00edmbolos de P\u00e9saj, flanqueada por dos Caballeros Templarios como guardianes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dutch-order-v2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dutch-order-v2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dutch-order-v2.png 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51f144e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51f144e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;triangle&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M500.2,94.7L0,0v100h1000V0L500.2,94.7z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faab179\" data-id=\"faab179\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8f8cc elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"4f8f8cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-grip-lines\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4871e44a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4871e44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ley lines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3cc42a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5e3cc42a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-grip-lines\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be2a3d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6be2a3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And Our Lady Church of Breda<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-403df7c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"403df7c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72d7588\" data-id=\"72d7588\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783640eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"783640eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are ley lines?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c10b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10c10b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In short, ley lines are lines that run across the landscape that have ancient spiritual and energetic power. On the lines are several geographical or historical places. Such as stone circles, hilltops, churches, castles, important buildings and other striking points in the landscape. The lines have also been used as routes since ancient times, for example for trade routes or pilgrimages. Some people are skeptical about ley lines, because science cannot yet sufficiently substantiate this. On the other hand, science cannot explain the things connected with ley lines.     <\/p><p>On the powerful ley line Stonehenge \u2013 Externsteine line (the lines don&#8217;t stop there) is the Grote Kerk Breda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adefd2d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adefd2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92bf90\" data-id=\"d92bf90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b795ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b795ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2455\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5908361\" data-id=\"5908361\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3709e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3709e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-2.jpg 378w, https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-2-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57eafc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57eafc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8560259\" data-id=\"8560259\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d9340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18d9340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stonehenge is known to everyone, less known that it is located on a large ley line. Connected to one of the most powerful places in the world: the Externsteine rock formation. This is located in Horn, Germany.    <\/p><p>In Externsteine the large intercontinental ley lines also cross with Siberia, Egypt and South America (Machu Picchu).<\/p><p>The rock formation is full of upright rocks. Special are the 2 rocks that are connected to a bridge. I make the comparison here with cathedrals that also have 2 towers. The left always higher, which stands for Jesus, the right for Mary. See document Cathedral la Chartres for further explanation (also think of the labyrinth of le Chartres). In this rock formation: masculine, divine, strength; the lower one: feminine, exalted love. I wonder: did Externsteine serve as an example for this in terms of symbolism? The similarities are too great to be just a coincidence.         <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7827184 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7827184\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b117a2\" data-id=\"2b117a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e9db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4e9db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2457\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6053e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e6053e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stonehenge<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0238dbb\" data-id=\"0238dbb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e390f9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e390f9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2458\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-977324e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"977324e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Externsteine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f54dbd\" data-id=\"9f54dbd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835aa91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"835aa91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"124\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2459\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5569be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5569be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chartres<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfc9108 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfc9108\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a05b51c\" data-id=\"a05b51c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65dc19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b65dc19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In particular, all large churches\/cathedrals are built on ley lines. Notre Dame in Paris, Le Chartres, Westminster Abby, St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, Cologne Cathedral, and so on. Usually on the foundations of earlier churches that stood there, before that other places of worship, religious places, until Christian times. Where Druids helped their rites, often under a Sacred Oak.   <\/p><p>However, not only churches, but also monasteries, castles, old residential areas, mounds and greens, whose origins date back to before 1350, have been built on or near a ley centre. The year 1350 was determined by a council in which the pope decreed that &#8220;pagan customs should be abolished&#8221;. <\/p><p>Back to Our Lady&#8217;s Church in Breda: at the end of<sup>the<\/sup> 11th century, a small settlement was created by farmers and traders, where the rivers Mark and Aa meet. The river Aa widens there and the wide Aa and that&#8217;s how Breda started. It is on the trade route between Flanders and Holland.  <\/p><p>Around 1100 they build a wooden church at a crossroads of 3 powerful ley lines. One of which is the previously mentioned powerful ley line Stonehenge \u2013 Externsteine line. It is almost certain that the traditionally religious reeds were kept here.    <br>In 1116 this wooden church was replaced by a &#8220;large church&#8221;. This is built on the same site, with tuff. That is a volcanic rock.  <\/p><p>Between 1198 and 1212, a castle was built near that settlement. With moats and stone entrance gates. As a result of this fortification and protection, Breda grew and received its city rights in 1252.  <\/p><p>In 1350, the Dutch nobleman Jan van Polanen bought the city of Breda from the Duke John of Brabant. Jan van Polanen expanded the castle considerably with a moat and four large corner towers. This is how the Castle of Breda came into being.<br>His granddaughter, Johanna van Polanen, married the German nobleman Engelbrecht van Nassau at the age of 11. This couple commissioned the construction of the Church of Our Lady in 1410, on the site of a &#8220;stennen munster&#8221;. That church of tuff.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2460124 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2460124\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd1adab\" data-id=\"dd1adab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58df07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a58df07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A church is always started with building in the east. The side of the rising sun. The sun stands for strength, light, life, love. Plus also: east is the side of Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, Templars. That is why it is the side of God and you never see a door on the east side of a church: after all, God does not need a door.    <\/p><p>The orientation of all churches and chapels was often determined by the location of a strong ley line. This also explains the deviation from the actual east-west orientation. Special is the &#8220;kink&#8221; in the roofline of the Grote Kerk in Breda. Many think that the builders had made a mistake in the east-west line and had made a correction during construction. Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerke has no less than three ley centers: one under the tower, one in the choir and one in the heart of the church. The line from tower to heart makes a bend compared to that from center to choir. The energy of the ley center is right-handed and positive.      <\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">So the builders certainly didn&#8217;t make a mistake, but wanted to include all three centers within the building. This explains the kink in the building plan. This kink is very easy to see with the naked eye. It is a deviation of a few meters.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e254d5\" data-id=\"0e254d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f1f6cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f1f6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2460\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d7f42c elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d7f42c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21c8e3c\" data-id=\"21c8e3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-885acc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"885acc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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choir<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7abfbfa\" data-id=\"7abfbfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7add383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7add383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leylijnen-8.jpg 288w, 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Over the centuries, it has been distorted into Lee Loo Lei or Lion. In England you see the suffix Ley    <\/p><p>  Wy \u00e8 statement &lt; Who &gt; <br>comes from the time of the Celts, which means temple. <br>This is transformed into wine again &lt; &gt;<\/p><p>Alost <br>comes from the time of the Celts, which means pastured place. (almost the same as Temple) This has been distorted &lt; into Aalst &gt; &lt; , Olst &gt; or &lt; Elst    &gt;<\/p><p>Berg en Bommel also often indicates a height in the landscape at a special location<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b094779\" data-id=\"b094779\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a7db2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a7db2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Look at the place names:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Heiligerlee, Aalst<\/p>\n<p>Leeuwarden, Ter Aalst<\/p>\n<p>Leiden, Den Bommel<\/p>\n<p>Het Loo Palace, Zaltbommel<\/p>\n<p>Zoutleeuw,Lower and Upper Lions<\/p>\n<p>Poederlee, Mons<\/p>\n<p>Elst Olst<\/p>\n<p>Zevenbergen<\/p>\n<p>Places with street names such as: Wijngaarde, Wijnstraat, Wijngaardstraat, and the like.<\/p>\n<p>All located on ley lines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leylijnen and Our Lady Church of Breda Those who are soldiers of the temple are of God. 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