Illuminati - Tokens From the Well

Mustang sculpture at Denver International Airport

Behold a pale horse welcomes you to the Denver International Airport. You should see it at night. Photograph provided courtesy of Denver International Airport.

I’m never without the impression that Denver International Airport is creepy. It just feels creepy. Whether its about the blue Mustang sculpture – “cursed” because it actually killed its creator Luis Jimenez – or the gargoyles in the suitcases that await you at baggage claim, it’s always been a confusing, contradictory space.

There is plenty already out there about the apocalyptic murals, the swastika-like shape of DIA’s layout, and the dedication stone “control console.” (And we’re just talking about what is visible at DIA). Therefore, I want to focus on new observations and things I haven’t been able to find much about, situated on Concourse A.

Concourse A Central Core Sculpture

View of the sculpture in concourse A of the Denver International Airport entitled Dual Meridian.

Great view of the sculpture in concourse A of the Denver International Airport. See any pyramids, triangles, or all-seeing eyes? Look more closely. Photograph provided courtesy of Denver International Airport.

The massive sculpture in the center of concourse A – David Griggs’ Dual Meridian – is obviously exploring themes of travel, technology, and the evolution of transportation.

On this visit however, I was struck most by the poor visibility for much of the sculpture.

Two sides are arranged in such a way that the sculpture can be viewed and appreciated from those vantage points. But, visibility is painfully impaired from the two other sides situated against the flow of train traffic below. Important and costly elements are visible only from certain angles and heights, such as the stone “world map” feature of the installation.

Why is this?

For such an advanced structure in terms of engineering and architecture, wouldn’t this have been taken into consideration by the New World Airport Commission? After all, opening at $2 billion over budget, sticking to the numbers has hardly been an issue for DIA.

If viewed from certain angles, you also get some interesting geometric effects.

The Beacon

Not far away from “central core” as DIA calls it (?!) sits an unwieldy and extremely heavy artifact – presumably a beacon from aviation history. As with so much of the airport, wall texts and explanations regarding the installations and displays are sparse. I couldn’t find anything regarding this piece nearby, and my research was not productive either. Even worse, I failed to document the artifact on my last visit and have not found an image in my subsequent research.

The conspiracy theory takeaway from “The Beacon?” “Light” and the Promethean act of providing illumination to man are important themes in Illuminati symbology.

Names of continents and other texts in a DIA floor mosaic

Look closely and try to read the texts in this DIA floor mosaic.

Floor Mosaics

At first, there isn’t anything obviously sinister about the floor mosaics entitled Patterns and Figures – Figures and Patterns in Concourse A. It’s after a little study that you start to have questions.

Like Dual Meridian at the center core of the A gates, viewing and processing the floor mosaics isn’t easy. The content is severely obscured by its installation. Little of it can truly be read and absorbed from the first level.

But, take a ride higher on the escalator, and elements become more clear. Others however, not so much. Areas along the border of the mosaic are confused and hidden from that vantage point. Why? It is as if this element along with others – just as with Dual Meridian – are intended to be viewed from a much higher vantage point. And, by “much higher,” we’re looking at two to three floors higher along with the removal of some elements of existing floors.

The word “quiet” and what else? Also, note the black outlines of triangles with “all seeing eye” squares. See them?

The names of continents are scattered within the mosaic, which of course makes sense thematically for an international airport. But, symbols, words, and phrases are included, much of which are difficult to decipher. Presumably, the themes would adhere to the usual cliched universal values displayed in this kind of context – such as peace, love, and understanding.

However, one word is obvious: “quiet.”

Quiet?

What is the relation of quiet, or silence, to the continents? To global travel? Why would other words and phrases be so comparatively indecipherable?

And, again, there is no wall text or accompanying information readily available for what was a significant undertaking to install. Go to the web site and you get bland and brief expository texts.

So Many Questions . . . Did They Call Zone 2?

Just as with the Georgia Guidestones, you leave the site asking even more questions. Regardless of your thoughts on conspiracy theory ties, the Illuminati, or just plain creepiness, there are some basic and reasonable questions anyone would ask: Why are there such problems with artwork display, installation, and visibility? Why would you place some of the artwork that they’ve chosen – including gargoyles, stormtroopers, and apocalyptic narratives – in this context? Is the swastika style layout really a good idea for a cluster of runways? Is it all just poor planning? Bureaucratic incompetence?

And finally, is it really true that the British monarchy owns real estate near the airport?

The Georgia Guidestones are located conveniently off of Guidestones Rd.

About 45 minutes east of Athens, GA sits Elberton. The town is mostly known for granite. And, since 1980, it’s become known for a few particular slabs.

The Georgia Guidestones, often called America’s Stonehenge, stand on a hill overlooking Hartwell Highway. You have to seek them out, and when you do find them, you realize that they’re massive. They reach over nineteen feet high and weigh over 100 tons.

But, it’s their mysterious origins and the more than 4,000 characters sandblasted on them that attract the most attention: The guidestones feature a kind of new “ten commandments” in twelve languages.

Mysterious Origins of the Georgia Guidestones

The Georgia Guidestones’ placement does undeniably call to mind the Stonehenge site.

So how did they get there? The history has been explored in a number of places online and perhaps best explained by Scott Wolter on H2’s America Unearthed.

In short, the story goes like this: A man using the pseudonym R.C. Christian walks into an Elberton bank with cash and very specific instructions for the site. The bank coordinates Christian’s wishes via the Elberton Granite Finishing Company. Still, no one knows who R.C. Christian was except the banker who, to his credit, continues to honor his commitment to his customer and the request for anonymity.

Today, the guidestones sit on private property and remain the property of Elbert County.

So, Who and Why?

Some say R.C. Christian was L. Ron Hubbard. No one really knows, but it doesn’t really sound like Hubbard. Supposedly, R.C. Christian – his name supposedly chosen because he was a Christian – represented “a small group of Americans who seek the Age of Reason.”

Christian made it known both to Granite City Bank and Elberton Granite Finishing Company that the monument was undertaken with the hopes of encouraging a new age of reason and appreciation of conservation.

The stones are now seen by many as a Ten Commandments of a godless New World Order. Some of the commandments seem harmless enough. I particularly like:

Avoid petty laws and useless officials.

That sounds like something most of us could rally around. However, it is difficult for many to get a handle on #1:

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

Anytime you start talking about population control, people understandably get uncomfortable. The world population is over 7 billion right now, and at the time of the stones’ placement, the number was around 4.5 billion. So, do the math – what would that 500 million number look like in practice?

What The Guidestones Are Telling Us

The placement of the stones, and the stones themselves, specifically draw from traditions of solar and astronomical calendars. The tone of the site suggests a coming apocalyptic event that the rest of us didn’t get the memo on. Or, are the stones and site calling for a man-made apocalyptic event?

Note the archaeoastronomical feature at the top slab of the guidestones.

One thing we can say for sure is that the commandments themselves are thematically consistent with known ideals of the Bavarian illuminati. Here they are in English, one of twelve languages that appear on the stones:

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 do like how they have the big ideas down but don’t get bogged down in the details.

In The End . . .

The placement of the stones orients with the North Star as well as the summer and winter solstices.

While driving away from the Georgia Guidestones, you realize that you leave with even more questions than you had upon arriving. It’s all too elaborate and costly to be a hoax.

And why, besides the availability of the granite, would it be situated there in Elberton? Christian named the climate and his ancestry as reasons, and the site is located near what the Cherokee believed to be the center of the world. (That may be where I stopped to get gas. Dirty bathroom by the way.) But, how does all of that synch up with the precision of the archaeoastronomical features?

As with any tourist site, visitors were parking cars, looking, laughing, and asking others to take pictures for them. I did not however see any selfie sticks.

And, nearby, in the spirit of leaving room for nature, a traveler walked her dog on a potty break.

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