The approximately six meter high Georgia Guidestones.
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Ten instructions to mankind, in eight of the world’s major languages, carved into massive granite slabs of a 100-ton monument, and no one knows who commissioned the incredible structure or who owns the piece of land on which it is built.
The Georgia Guidestones are often referred to as landmarks, stones of Georgia, orientation tables or as American Stonehenge. Although the Georgia Guidestones have so many alternative names, most people have never heard of them. Even for most Americans, the term Georgia Guidestones means nothing at all. This fact is almost as mysterious as the monument itself and the questions surrounding it that have remained unanswered since its construction. Shortly after the Georgia Guidestones were erected in 1980, those who know of their existence speculate as to the exact meaning of the inscriptions carved in granite and speculate about the unknown patron and the anonymous donor group.
The mysterious monument is located in the US state of Georgia on a small hill in Elbert County, around 145 kilometers east of Atlanta. Highway 77 is nearby and offers a good view of the Georgia Guidestones. The monument itself is almost six meters high and consists of six massive granite slabs weighing a total of around 100 tons: a central slab containing a hole in the centre, four slabs arranged in a star shape arranged around the center and a final top slab. A few meters next to the Georgia Guidestones is another granite slab that was embedded in the ground. On this stone tablet there is some very vague information about the monument, its importance, the client and the group that financed the monument. Furthermore, there is inaccurate information about a time capsule that is said to be buried under the stone tablet. Estimates are that the Georgia Guidestones may have cost a smaller amount in the millions. This includes the massive granite slabs, the processing of the slabs, the transport and the erection of the monument.
The inscriptions of the Georgia Guidestones?
As previously mentioned, the Georgia Guidestones contain 10 rules addressed to humanity. These were carved in granite in the eight major languages of the earth, with a different language on each side of the four slabs aligned in a star shape. Starting from the north orientation of the monument, the order is as follows: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Ancient Chinese, and Russian.
Translated, the plaque reads:
Keep humanity below 500 million
in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely
to improve suitability and diversity.
Unite humanity
with a new, lively language.
Master passion – faith – tradition
and everything else
with moderate reason.
Protect the people and nations
through just laws and just courts.
Let all nations manage their own affairs internally
and international disputes
settle before a world court.
Avoid irrelevant laws
and useless officials.
Strike a balance between personal rights and
the societal/social obligations.
Worthy Truth – Beauty – Love
in pursuit of harmony with
the infinite.
Don’t be a cancer to this earth
Leave space for nature
Leave space for nature.
However, the original text is not simply constructed colorometrically, but has additional indentations (see Wikipedia-Article or Wikipedia – Image). It is not known whether the unusual sentence structure is only for readability or whether it contains hidden messages.
Another message is found on the vertical sides of the Georgia Guidestones’ faceplate. Here, too, a different language or script was used on each side: Babylonian cuneiform (North), Ancient Greek (East), Sanskrit (South) and Egyptian (Demotic) hieroglyphs (West). All four mean the same thing and can be translated into German like this:
May these be stepping stones into an age of sanity.
A granite slab was set into the ground a few meters west of the Georgia Guidestones. This contains some information about the languages, facts such as the size, weight and astronomical orientation of the guidestones, as well as the date of construction and the sponsors.
There is also information about a time capsule that is said to be buried under the tablet. However, since the information on the date of burial and the date of recovery were deliberately left blank, it is doubtful whether a time capsule was actually buried. However, no one has looked yet.
The plaque itself is aligned with the cardinal points and is written in such a way that you have to look north to read the text. In each corner of the plaque is a small circle that indicates the current cardinal points in English (N, S, E, and W). However, there is a special feature in the caption: the word “PSEUDONYN” is used. There is speculation here as to whether this is a spelling mistake and should actually be called “PSEUDONYM”. In view of the immense financial outlay for the project, however, it is rather unlikely that the stonemason made a careless mistake in the inscription.
At the top of the board it says:
Die Georgia Guidestones
Central cairn erected on March 22, 1980
Below, in a large square:
like this
Waystones
into an age
be of reason.
The names of four ancient languages or scripts of the cover plate are carved into the corners of the square:
Babylonian cuneiform
ancient greek
Sanskrit
Egyptian hieroglyphs
On the left side of the plaque it says:
Astronomical details:
- The channel through the stone
shows the celestial pole - The horizontal slit shows
the annual journey of the sun - The sun’s rays through the cover plate
marks the noontime during the
whole year
Autor: R.C. Christian
(a pseudonym)
Sponsors: A small group
from Americans
who seek the age of reason
Time capsule:
Placed 6 feet below this point
Am
To be opened on
On the right side of the plaque it says:
Physical data:
- Height above all – 19 feet 3 inches (5,9 Meter)
- Total weight – 237,746 pounds (107.839 Kilograms)
-
Four large stones are 16 feet (4,9 Meter)
four inches (102 Millimeter) Broad, each with a weight
averaging 42,437 pounds (19.249 Kilograms) -
Center stone is 16 feet (4,9 Meter)four
inches wide; Weight 20,957 (9.505 Kilograms)
lb -
Top plate is 9 feet (2,7 Meter)8 Inch
long; 6 feet (1,8 Meter)6 inches wide (1,98 Meter);
1 foot, 7 inches (0,48 Meter) high. weight
24,832 pounds (11.263 Kilograms) -
6. Foundation stones 7 feet,
4 Inch (2,24 Meter) long, 2 feet (0,61 Meter) wide.
1 foot, 4 inches (0,41 Meter) thick, with
an average weight of 4,875
lb (2.211 Kilograms) -
Medium foundation stone 3 feet,
2,5 Inch (1,55 Meter) long, 2 feet, 2 inches (0,66 Meter)
wide; 1 foot, 7 inches (0,48 Meter) dick.
Weight 2,707 pounds (1.227 Kilograms) - 951 cubic feet (26.9 cubic meters) Granit.
- Granite quarried from pyramid
Quarry is 3 miles west
von Elberton, Georgia
Under these two columns of text is also:
Guidestone Languages:
Below this heading is a schematic diagram of the standing stones, consisting of a small square surrounded by four oblong squares. These point north-west, north-east, south-west and south-east.
The names of the eight major languages are carved along the edges, one at each corner. Starting from north and reading clockwise around the diagram so that the top edge of the northeast quadrilateral is listed first, these are:
English
Spanish
Swahili
Hindi
Hebrew
Arabic
Chinese
Russian
At the bottom of the board is the following:
More information available at the Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibition
College Avenue
Elberton, Georgia
Even if the granite plaque embedded in the floor contains a lot of information, it does not answer questions about the client or the group that financed the monument. It also remains unanswered why the Georgia Guidestones have an astronomical orientation at all, because this is not relevant to the message of the large granite stones.
Who built the Georgia Guidestones?
According to the noticeboard, the order to build the Georgia Guidestones was given by a person named RC Christian. Should the said additional text under the name actually be a careless mistake, then RC Christian is merely a pseudonym.
There is much speculation about the name RC Christian. The most common theory is that RC Christian is a clear reference to the name Christian Rosencreutz. Christian Rosencreutz is a legendary founding figure of the Rosenkreuzer and was first mentioned around 1614 in the anonymous work “General and General Reformation, of the whole wide world”. Rosicrucian or Rosicrucian is a collective term for the members of various secret societies, mystical societies or orders, the beginnings of which lie in the 17th century.
Even less is known about the anonymous sponsors of the Georgia Guidestones. Since, according to their own statements, it is a small group of Americans, it can be assumed that they are or were very wealthy, considering the high cost of the monument.
Unknown landowners
Another mystery surrounding the Georgia Guidestones relates to the piece of land on which the monument was built. The Georgia Mountain Travel Association has no escrowed ownership of this small piece of land. Multiple searches suggested that the land may belong to Mildred and Wayne Mullenix’s farm on Georgia State Highway 77. However, close inspection shows that Mildred and Wayne Mullenix’ property ends in front of the Georgia Guidestones.
The Georgia Guidestones have plenty of room for conspiracy theories
It is obvious that such a large monument, with an unknown client, anonymous donors, erected on a piece of land that cannot be assigned to anyone, offers a lot of space for a wide variety of conspiracy theories. For example, it is suspected that the Georgia Guidestones are a work of the Bilderberg Group or the Illuminati. The Georgia Guidestones are regularly smeared with the abbreviation NWO (New World Order).
Perhaps one day the time capsule described will be lifted and perhaps information about the people who planned and funded the Georgia Guidestones will be found there.