Energy vortexes and sacred sites
A “vortex” is said to be a point in the ground where energy would concentrate: a geobiologists’ notion, never measured, applied to sacred sites.
- High places
- Blanche Merz
- Reported belief
Vortexes and sacred sites at a glance
For geobiologists, some places would concentrate an energy that explains their power; no measurement has ever told a “vortex” apart from any other spot.
A way to understand why certain sacred sites impress, through their history and their silence.
The numbers often cited to “measure” the energy of a place rest on no recognized unit.
- Described by
- Blanche Merz, 1983
- Measured by an instrument
- Never
What Blanche Merz described
The word “vortex” is Latin and means a whirl. In the vocabulary of geobiologists and wellness practices, it names a place where energy is said to “concentrate” and spin, often on summits, springs, or ancient sites.
Blanche Merz, born in 1919 in Vevey, a Swiss civil engineer and dowser, popularized the idea of “high places” in her book Les Hauts-lieux cosmotelluriques, published by Georg in Geneva in 1983, then in English in 1987 under the title Points of Cosmic Energy. In it she describes sites she judged to be charged with a particular energy.
How geobiologists say they detect it
Some geobiologists say they measure these places with a pendulum and with the Bovis biometer, a graduated scale devised in the last century. The Bovis unit is not a physical measurement: no laboratory instrument records it. The readings from one place to another depend on the person holding the tool, and do not agree from one practitioner to the next.
What research knows
No measurement distinguishes a “vortex” from any other place; the power of a sacred site lies in its history and in the people who visit it.
A reported belief, not an established fact: nothing here replaces a measurement or a professional’s advice.
Differences between authors
What gives a sacred site its power can be described without any measured energy: its history, the silence, the architecture, the light, the feeling of standing where generations have gathered in contemplation. These causes can be observed and shared, with no need for a vortex.
In a house, the idea of a vortex belongs to the same belief as the nodes of the Hartmann grid: a point in the ground would affect those who sleep or work there. No measurement has established it, and a device sold as a “neutralizer” is a warning sign.
Vortexes and sacred sites: your questions
What is an energy vortex?
For geobiologists, a point in the ground where energy would concentrate and spin. The word means a whirl, but no measurement has ever recorded one. This belief can be read as a way of naming the effect of a place.
Where can you find vortexes in France?
The places cited are mostly well-known sacred sites: cathedrals, summits, springs, megalithic sites. Their power comes from their history and what you feel there, not from a measured energy. The simplest approach is to visit them and see what they do for you.
A vortex in a house?
The idea belongs to the same belief as the grid nodes. No measurement establishes it. If a room weighs on you, first look at what can be verified: air, humidity, light, noise, then the layout of the place.
How do you feel a sacred place?
By taking your time: enter in silence, settle, look at the light and the walls, listen. The feeling of a place comes from what you bring to it and what the place evokes. It does not need a vortex to matter.
Sources
- BnF, general catalog (Merz, Les Hauts-lieux cosmotelluriques, Georg, 1983)read October 15, 2026
- Open Library, “Points of Cosmic Energy” (C.W. Daniel, 1987, ISBN 0852071949)read October 15, 2026
- Fondation Jean Monnet, interview with Blanche Merz (September 2, 1998)read October 15, 2026