The elite / "illuminati" need to tell the people beforehand of their plans - warning them. The most astonishing detail of the monument is however not its size but the message engraved into it: Ten rules for an “Age of Reason”. (8) Built on top of a large power-center . It owns the place. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Georgia Guidestones were created by a man named R. C. Christian, who traveled to Elberton because of the town’s large granite supply. We may never know.