Monday, June 1, 2009

American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse

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The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern.

Called the Georgia Guidestones, the monument is a mystery—nobody knows exactly who commissioned it or why.

the "guides" themselves, directives carved into the rocks. These instructions appear in eight languages ranging from English to Swahili and reflect a peculiar New Age ideology.
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many who read what was written on the stones were unsettled.

Guide number one was, of course, the real stopper: maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

guide reproduction wisely—improving fitness and diversity.

rule passion—faith—tradition—and all things with tempered reason

No humans were sacrificed on the altar of the stones, but there are rumors that several chickens were beheaded.

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