Surrounded in mystery, the Georgia Guidestones have an interesting history and an intriguing and ominous message. In June of 1979, a man going by the pseudonym of R.C. Christian claimed he was tasked with building a monument in Elbert County. Christian believed the Elberton quarries produced the finest stone on the planet, and he hired the Elberton Granite Finishing Company to construct the monument. He informed the owner that no one would ever know his true name or the group he represented. He had an endless supply of funds and an agreement that all legal contracts and plans made with the granite company would be destroyed after the monument’s completion. Christian explained that the structure would serve as a compass, calendar, and clock. And it had to be capable of withstanding catastrophic events so shattered remnants of humanity could use the guides to establish a better society. The Guidestones are anonymous and engraved with “Sponsors: A Small Group of Americans Who Seek The Age Of Reason.”
The monument consists of six massive granite slabs and stands 19 feet 3 inches tall. Each stone weighs more than 20 tons, with the entire structure weighing 118,873 tons. The polished granite pieces rise from the ground in a star pattern. At the top of the star is a 25,000-pound capstone. Due to the odd request for such a monument, Fendley, the owner of Elberton Granite Finishing Company, tried to deter Christian by quoting him a very high price, but Christian would merely nod and ask how long until completion. Fendley hired an astronomer to help implement the design. The stones serve as an astronomical calendar. Every day at noon, the sun will shine through the narrow hole in the structure, illuminating the day’s date on the engraving. The monument is oriented to track the sun’s yearly east-west migration, locate certain stars, etc.
Christian told Granite City Bank president Wyatt Martin that his group had been secretly planning the building of this monument for 20 years. When Martin insisted on his real name to assure that Christian could pay for the project, the two men agreed that Martin would serve as Christian’s sole intermediary, sign a confidentiality agreement, and destroy all documents and records regarding the project. Christian had the money sent to the Granite City Bank through various banks, so that the funds couldn’t be traced.
Fendley and Martin helped Christian find a site, deciding upon a flat hilltop. The owner of the Double 7 Farm was paid $5,000 for a five-acre plot and granted lifetime cattle-grazing rights. Once the land was purchased and the deal was done, Christian left and only communicated to Martin through letters sent from multiple cities around the country. In one of the letters, Christian asked that ownership of the land and monument be given to Elbert County, which is where it remains today.
The stone monument was finished in 1980. The stones have ten guidelines meant to reestablish the planet and society, perhaps after an apocalypse. The stones messages are written in eight different languages: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. There are four ancient languages inscribed on the sides near the top of the monument: Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
The Georgia Guidestones ten commandments:
* Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
* Unite humanity with a living new language.
* Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
* Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
* Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
* Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
* Balance personal rights with social duties.
* Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
* Be not a cancer on Earth – leave room for nature – leave room for nature.
An instructional tablet located at the site speaks of a capsule buried beneath the surface but with no date to indicate when to withdraw it and no evidence if the capsule even exists. Conspiracy and controversy are attached to this monument, but terrible conspiracies are often in plain sight. Some believe the stones were erected by The New World Order or Satanists, while others believe them a message of a wise prophet or an eccentric man of science. Some say they stir a call to rational thinking, while others argue that they are the ten commandments of the antichrist. Wyatt Martin doesn’t like hearing that a Luciferian secret society is responsible for the monument, although he admits he doesn’t know for sure. Some believe the structure was created to conform with the tenets of Rosicrucianism and speaks against orthodox Christian theology concerning death and the soul’s final destiny. Rosicrucianism stresses reason and endorses a harmonic relationship with nature. Some speculate that R.C. Christian stands for Rosy Cross, which is the emblem of the Rosicrucian Order.
Perhaps the stones refer to the solar cycle that earth goes through every 13,000 years, where coronal mass ejections are supposed to destroy Earth. Theorists believe a shadowy organization will create chaos on the planet with mass riots, ethnic wars, race-baiting, disruption in oil and food supplies, and a collapse of the financial system. Witnessing what is happening in the world as the globalists try to complete their takeover, it is not an enormous leap to believe these Guidestones serve a purpose of dark foreboding.
The monument ignited controversy before it was finished. Many who read the stones are unsettled by the “maintain humanity under 500,000,000” commandment, meaning 12 out of 13 people would have to go, which is horrific and not a positive message. The commandment about guiding reproduction wisely, improving fitness, and diversity can be linked to the ideologies of Nazi Germany. The instruction to unite humanity under a new language likens to the Book of Revelations with a common language and one-world government. The monument is located in the Bible Belt in the county seat and granite capital of the world. The stones are often defaced and vandalized, while others praise the messages. The structure is now under camera survellience. Elbert County officials are not inclined to remove the monument, as it’s the area’s only major tourist attraction. Martin claims Christian would want him to take everything he knew to his grave, and he plans to keep the promise he made.
Christian declared that “Who he was and where he came from had to be secret. He said mysteries work that way. If you want to keep people interested, you can let them know only so much.” Speculation continues as thousands visit the Georgia Guidestones each year.
The Georgia Guidestones are open to the public. The monument is located at 1031 Guidestones Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635
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