I can’t recall exactly how I came across these. I have known about the guide stones for a number of years now. I probably stumbled upon them as I bounced from site to site looking at various information. When I did come across these I stopped dead in my tracks. Why had I never heard about these before?
The Georgia Guidestones (American Stonehenge)
A brief overview of this monument:
Located in Elbert County Georgia in the United States, this series of stones weighs hundreds of tons. There are four vertical outer stones surrounding a center stone that all touch a square cap stone. On the eight faces of the the four outer stones are “ten commandments for the new age” (what is the new age and when is that starting!?) engraved in the eight most commonly spoken languages of the world.
The stones were ordered in 1979 and the monument was standing by 1980. There is much secrecy around the origin of the stones as they can not be linked to a particular owner or group. A small distance from the main set is a flat stone in the ground that gives some general information about the set up and origins. The story is that the project was commissioned by a man named Robert C. Christian and he was backed by “A Small Group Of Americans Who Seek The Age Of Reason.” as indicated on the flat tablet by the stones.
The ten commandments of the new age
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
- 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 the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.
I won’t comment on all of these but lets take a look at the first one. Five hundred million people on the planet? While I can’t disagree that the planet and nature as a whole could benefit from a smaller population the obvious conflict is that there are nearly seven billion people alive now. Aside from the first one most of these seem fairly sensible… but the question has to be asked again. Where did these come from? Other questions would be why are they there and why doesn’t the public at large know of their existence? Maybe they’re old news. To me however, with what they imply (someday a vast majority of the earth’s population will be gone) they should be talked about often. Think about them, let me know what you think.
Other reading:
Wired.com – on page three take note of the second image, read the caption. Notice anything specific about it?
Wikipedia