As was the custom in ancient times, so too during the Middle Ages – never were temples, castles or churches built without verifying their position in relation to the surroundings, the sun and the entire cosmos. Man tried to ‘tap’ the forces of the cosmos, in order to convey a special type of energy to a certain place. This energy is named telluric, and is multiplied by the presence of water, which intensifies the vibrations. The sage builders of cathedrals like that of Chartres or Santiago of Compostella, possessed an exceptional knowledge of energetic force influences and expressed it in architectonic ratios and measures.

At Sant’Antimo the altar is built where three underground streams – found at a depth varying from ten to twenty meters - cross over each other. This position causes an increase of energy along a precisely defined course. We begin with a Bovis unit of 6500 at the little door on the left, while around the altar we arrive up to a Bovis unit of 24000, to touch a maximum under the capital of Daniel in the lion’s den, with a Bovis unit of 35000. Exactly the road followed by the pilgrims - the road to salvation.

Mr. Bovis, a French researcher of the 19th century, and the inventor of the “Bovis Scale” sensed this mutual relationship: “for every living organism there exists a vibration level of equilibrium, which corresponds to the state of health - 6500 Bovis unit. When one enters into contact with an incoherent energetic field that contains a lower level than ours, we lose energy; on the contrary, when we come into contact with an energetic field containing a higher vibration level more coherent than ours, we receive energy, and our vibration level is raised.”