| The origin of that strange monument is shrouded in mystery because no one knows the true identity of the man, or men, who commissioned its
construction. All that is known for certain is that in June 1979, a well-dressed, articulate stranger visited the office of the Elberton Granite
Finishing Company and announced that he wanted to build an edifice to transmit a message to mankind. He identified himself as R. C. Christian, but it
soon became apparent that was not his real name. He said that he represented a group of men who wanted to offer direction to humanity, but to date,
almost two decades later, no one knows who R. C. Christian really was, or the names of those he represented. Several things are apparent. The messages
engraved on the Georgia Guidestones deal with four major fields: (1) Governance and the establishment of a world government, (2) Population and
reproduction control, (3) The environment and man's relationship to nature, and (4) Spirituality. |
