Did you have any idea that the Georgia Guidestones in Elberton, Georgia, was such a controversial landmark? I didn’t. Really all I knew about them was thanks to a guest post from Lewis Powell IV. Here’s what he wrote about them in part 3 of his “Haunted Georgia: A Primer Series”:
While not haunted, this mysterious location outside of the “Granite Capital of the World” has attracted attention from the paranormal community. Six large granite slabs were erected here in 1979 under contract from a mysterious group. The slabs are carved with a series of 10 guidelines in 8 languages and a shorter message in 4 ancient languages. The setting is near the place believed by the Cherokee to be the center of the world. Since the unveiling of the monument conspiracy theorists have created many explanations for the monument while visitors have noted feeling energized and sometimes uneasy in this location.
Just a slight correction to Lewis’s description, they were actually erected in 1980. Anyway, it wasn’t until I read a Reuters article about an explosion on July 6 that damaged the Guidestones, and ultimately led to their demolition, that I realized, whoa. Besides conspiracies, some people felt the stones were religious blasphemy.
Chief among them was Kandiss Taylor, a Georgia gubernatorial candidate who placed third in her state’s May 24 Republican primary. Removing the monument was part of her campaign platform. However, it should be noted that even though she tweeted that God might’ve struck down the “Satanic Guidestones,” she’s not a suspect in their demise.
But what made them so controversial and the focus of right-wing zealots? Let’s take a closer look at their mysterious origins, what they were, the bombing, and what their fate may be now.
The Georgia Guidestones
The Georgia Guidestones are often called “America’s Stonehenge.” However, unlike the actual Stonehenge, whose origins and purpose remain a mystery, we know some things about who constructed the Georgia Guidestones and why.
A man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian commissioned the Elberton Granite Finishing Company to build the structure “on behalf of a small group of loyal Americans.” They wanted the stones to not only serve as a compass, calendar, and clock but also to be built to withstand catastrophic events.
Well, no spoiler alert needed here. That didn’t happen. Thankfully it wasn’t a nuclear bomb, but it was a bomb that brought it down, which we’ll cover in a second.
The monument stood 19 feet tall and consisted of five granite slabs. One stood in the center, surrounded by four others with a capstone on top. Ten guidelines were engraved on the stones in at least eight languages, including English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, and Russian. The inscriptions read:
- 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.
The messages aren’t as enigmatic as some purport them to be, nor are their suggestions that unreasonable. According to Wikipedia, they were intended to help “guide humanity to conserve nature after a nuclear war, which the creators thought was an imminent threat.”
Nuclear war played on everyone’s minds more back when the stones were first erected. Although, thanks to current events like Russia’s war on Ukraine, the possibility of imminent nuclear conflict is once again prevalent. So in a way their message and purpose is timely. Maybe that’s why someone wanted to destroy them?
I don’t know, but there was also an explanatory tablet, a “granite ledger…set level with the ground” just to the left of the monument. It shared facts about the Guidestones, including its dimensions and weight, its installation date, who sponsored the project, and references a time capsule to be buried under the tablet. However, since there are only blank spaces where both the buried date and opened date should go, no one knows if the time capsule was ever laid down or not.
Video of the Georgia Guidestones Bombing
Thanks to the modern new-fangled world we lived in, a surveillance camera caught not only the bombing but also a clear image of a car driving away from the scene of the crime. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation shared it on their Twitter account. So that’s some good news. It’s only a matter of time before we know who did it and why. (Because I have every confidence they’ll catch the creeps who did it.)
(2/3) The videos show the explosion and a car leaving the scene shortly after the explosion. No one was injured. pic.twitter.com/8YNmEML9fW
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) July 6, 2022
Why They Should Rebuild the Georgia Guidestones
I don’t know if they will rebuild the Guidestones, but they should. Because that line from Field of Dreams is no joke. I’m referring of course to: “If you build it, they will come.”
The Guidestones were a tourist draw, bringing upwards of 20,000 visitors a year to the otherwise anonymous Elberton, Georgia. That’s about five times the city’s population, which had to help its economy.
Although to be fair, the City of Elberton highlights other pluses of the small community that calls itself “The Granite Capital of the World.” (Apparently it “produces more granite monuments than any other city around the globe.”)
The namesake town of the county seat also boasts a quaint historic downtown, Antebellum homes, well-maintained parks, beautiful lakes, and other granite monuments, including “the legendary 20,000-seat Granite Bowl.”
It also has a thriving arts scene, which includes the Elbert Theatre. And Explore Georgia declares the Samuel Elbert Hotel, a beautifully restored 200-year-old Tudor style hotel, is among the area’s “most prominent and historic local landmarks.”
I’m not sure if either the theatre or hotel is haunted. If they are, they keep mum about their ghost stories. But that hotel looks intriguing. If I ever found myself jaunting around that part of Georgia, I’d book a room there.
Which I guess maybe I should’ve done before some dolt destroyed the Georgia Guidestones. Because I’m sure the city is lovely, but seeing the stones is what would’ve drawn me there.
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I’m so grateful that I was able to visit the guide stones the dat before they were destroyed. It had been on my “ bucket list “ for a long time and my daughter surprised me with a visit during our vacation. It was an awesome sight to behold.
The day before they were destroyed? Dang! Great timing, Linda! So glad you got to see them too, and even better it was a surprise your daughter planned for you.
I agree that the guidelines are not unreasonable. I’ve always found the opposition to the Guidestones to be hysterical and based on bizarre, unfounded assumptions. I hope the Guidestones will be rebuilt, as vandals should not have the last word. Ideas should be answered with ideas, not violence. But I’m not sure they will be rebuilt. One article I read about this event estimated that replacing them would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. And, of course, if they were rebuilt, they would surely be vandalized again. I suspect that if they are rebuilt, the new monument will be a greatly simplified version, with fewer languages and no astronomical characteristics. But I’d love to be proven wrong and see the Guidestones rebuilt in all their splendor. Whoever Robert C. Christian was, he was a visionary with a great creative imagination. Hats off to him.
Dang it, Sergio! I knew there was something I failed to mention. You reminded me what it was: the estimated price of replacing it! I was going to include that in the “Why they should replace it” section, but mention that the price may be why they don’t. Although, sounds like a good Go Fund me fundraising idea for the town to do. EXCEPT, you’re right. It would definitely be subjected to vandalism again, which is just so sad. And I love your “Ideas should be answered with ideas, not violence.” AMEN!!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I I would like every artist in the world to make duplicates in place them all over the world everyone should read this this is no joke
OMG what a FANTASTIC idea, Bobby!!!! I love that!!! BRILLIANT!!!
One thing I noticed that might not be a coincidence: the explosion occurred at exactly 04.03.33AM – you can see it in the time stamp from the surveillance video at the upper right. Someone probably set a timer very carefully to go off at that exact moment, so that the timing would correspond to the date of a very well known event – the Resurrection – April 3, 33 A.D. Perhaps Christians claiming credit for demolishing the evil NWO Guidestones – perhaps someone else trying to blame Christians – but probably not coincidence. If interested in checking other insights I have visit
https://endtimesand2019.wordpress.com/2022/07/06/why-did-they-blow-up-the-georgia-guidestones
That’s an interesting observation about the time. I have no knowledge of bomb-making so I don’t know if it would be possible for someone to set a bomb to detonate at exactly that time, but it is curious that that number is significant to Christians and that many found the Guidestones objectionable so if it wasn’t on purpose, it would be a heck of a coincidence. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. And I enjoyed checking out your post. Not gonna lie. Sort of jealous you got to see them before they were destroyed. Wish I hadn’t waited now.
Okay, for discussion here, I will play the opposition; the devil’s advocate, if you will. If anyone is familiar with Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum, and subsequently, Agenda 2021 and Agenda 2030, then there may be reason for concern. It has been prophesied over me, time and time again, that I am a “Watcher at the Gates.” I have a high level of discernment, and I can almost always see the forest for the trees; percentage wise, may 99.9% of the time. There are people in this world called “elitists.” Many don’t know of them, but they certainly know of us. To them, we are lowly, peon, pond-scum. And we’re sucking up the resources they, so desperately, feel belong to them and them only. Klaus Schwab wrote a book giving almost everything in their ongoing scheme away. It is called “COVID-19: The Great Reset.” If you have not heard about it, or if you have and have not read it, please do. Then you may look at the Georgia Guidestones and what they say in a whole new light. Take care, fellow Haunt Jaunters!
For correction of the above paragraph: may = maybe & say = said. I wrote it too fast and didn’t go back over it before submitting. Thank you.
Devil’s Advocates are always welcome, Troy. New perspectives are always interesting. Sure, elitists are definitely out there. In many forms. And that was a phenomenal book that showcased how the pandemic can make the world as a whole better. We’re not just separate factions on this planet. We share it. And impact each other by our actions. If we don’t reset ourselves, Mother Nature will. She’ll always make sure there’s a balance. But as my dad used to say, “Ain’t none of us getting out of this alive, kid. Better enjoy the ride while it lasts.”