I apologize in advance if this needs moved, I was uncertain where the best place for it would be. (I'm a hostess on a gardening forum so I know it's a pain in the butt having to move things all the time when you're admin.) I searched the forums but didn't find anything about the Coral Castle in Florida.

Have any of you ever heard of it?

A man named Ed Leedskalnin built it himself as a testimony to his lost love Agnes....People have compared his "castle" to the methods used to build the Pyramids and Stonehenge. He even stated: I have discovered the secrets of the pyramids, and have found out how the Egyptians and the ancient builders in Peru, Yucatan and Asia, with only primitive tools, raised and set in place blocks of stone weighing many tons!

I watched a show on, oh---I believe the History Channel or maybe the Discovery Channel all about it years ago with my dad.....ever since then it's intrigued me tremendously, how he moved these gigantic stones by himself.....

I'm sure googling it will bring a lot more info about it too....On the show I watched a few years ago, it was talking about how he moved it about 10 miles to a whole new city.....he would not let anybody watch him load or unload stones but he did it all by himself. And we're talking BIG rocks! Oh I'm an idiot, googling it brought me HERE, well not to the forums but to a column: Coral Castle on this site To my defense I didn't see anything in the forum. Unless I missed it.

So what do you all think? My dad thinks it's something to do with the Harmonics of the earth.

Here is the link, read the "Who's Ed" section: Coral Castle Homepage

Hello BTW, I'm Laura and I just turned 32 years young! I've been lurking on this site for a LONG LONG time.....mostly in the Cryptozoology section.....I love all things unexplained....it just all intrigues me!

Ha ha ha, one post and I'm an Alien Embryo---I LOVE IT!

This reminds me of the Taj Mahal, it is all very romantic. I doubt he possessed supernatural powers, he just had the motivation and drive to undertake his quest. It is undeniable that his accomplishment was extraordinary, this is the first i have heard of this and it made for a very interesting read thanks

I also heard about coral castle on "Weird U.S" -- "because history is full of weirdos" as they say on the show.
The story is really amazing how he built the place all by himself.

I've studied the Coral Castle a bit - the best theory I've heard is that he did it with a certain type of cement. There's a certain spinning gate in the complex that spins on a truck axle, and it was taken down for repairs.

They discovered that the stone surrounding the axle was so perfectly formed to it that there's no way he could have bored the hole for it - it was formed around the metal. If he used cement, it would explain away all the problems of one man doing it by himself.

It didn't help that he wouldn't share the secret.

Wow, replies already! I didn't expect that!

I just wonder how he could've moved a 30 ton rock by himself with only simple tools....and then move the ENTIRE thing 10 miles---I wish before he passed away that he would've revealed his secrets....

If I ever make it down to Florida I will absolutely take the tour of this place. I wonder if anyone on here has ever been there?

From site posted - in 1986, the gate stopped opening. A team of engineers was brought in for consultation. In order to remove the gate, six men and a 50 ton crane were utilized. Once the gate was removed. it was discovered that Ed had centered and balanced the nine-ton piece of rock on an old truck bearing.

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If no one ever saw or there is no record of him ever getting a crane, it is a good mystery as to how did he do it.

Remember, "Give me a lever and I will move the world?" I think Leedskalin (not sure of that spelling but it's very close) was simply an expert with pulleys and balances. I visited the castle and the only thing that really baffled me was a photo of him standing by a tripod with pulleys and ropes preparing to lift a cut stone from the bed rock. But how did he get that rope under that stone in order to lift it?

Not really a mystery as stone and wieght can be over come. The ancients new how to do it and so does this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4

Humans are pretty smart, no really we are LOL

Well since no one actually saw him doing it it remains possible that he secretly had help since he seems to have been able to keep secrets very well.

Ahhh but again it was a somewhat secluded place and if I had the time and the inclination I could probably pull that off to. I am impressed on how he was able to build that stone door that pivits with a simple push Hmmmm

It makes you wonder...why the secrecy? If he did actually discover something so hidden, why hide it?

Is it because - it's fairly obvious?

From what I've read and watched about the man he was very reclusive and kept to himself always....

But when he'd load the rocks up to have them moved the 10 miles away, he wouldn't let anyone watch---yet he did it fairly fast....

Here are some things I pulled out:

Many think Leedskalnin had discovered the secret of levitation and used it to move the coral blocks. In fact, there is an account of teenagers who spied on him and reported that he floated coral blocks through the air like hydrogen balloons. The 9-ton swinging gate is thought by many to be over a vortex (energy sensitive people report headaches while standing inside the arch). Some believe that this area of South Florida is connected to the Bermuda Triangle (a powerful diamagnetic levitator).

The Tower is the only enclosed structure. It contains a small, 2-story living quarters (which no one was ever allowed to enter) and tool shed. Inside were found a leather hammock and a crude table with hand tools, tools on walls, oil lamps and a well for fresh water; a bedroom with 2 twin beds, an outdoor cookery and bathroom. There was no plumbing or electricity. Here he would spend his days reading books on magnetic currents and cosmic forces. He also wrote and self-published a manifesto called A Book in Every Home.

After 16 years of building, he decided to move everything 10 miles away because he said Florida City was getting too crowded and he wanted more privacy. He bought 10 acres in Homestead and single-handedly and secretively transported the castle piece by piece at night in less than a month, leaving just one tower behind. No one was permitted to watch him load or unload the truck on which he moved the blocks. Some folks theorize that he moved everything to Homestead to be closer to a center of telluric force. They believe that the original Florida City location was the result of mathematical error.

Leedskalnin claimed he knew the secrets of magnetism which the ancient Egyptians used to build the pyramids. He disputed contemporary science and believed all matter consisted of magnets. He said he had re-discovered the laws of weight, measurement, and leverage and that these concepts involved the relationship of the Earth to celestial alignments. He spoke of seeing beads of light which he believed to be the physical presence of natures magnetism what many today call chi He boasted that he could chase mosquitos away with this concentrated look.

I visited the Coral castle back in the 70's. I was just a kid, so while I thought it was all very lovely and interesting, I really didn't think about the huge amount of work that went into it, or the fact that one man built it.
I think I'll try to go back and get a look through grown-up eyes soon.
I found a site with some of Leedskalnin's published works and this is, I think, an article published in a newpaper.
It is interesting.....well, to me anyway.
http://keelynet.com/unclass/magcur2.txt

Thanks for posting this!!

Welcome to the forum, 'proloz'.....I think the subject of Leedskalnin and Coral Castle is
absolutely facinating.








Weaving all the bits and bobs of information together........MAYBE he used a combination of the
Earth's natural frequency....(7.8Hz..?).....the Earths natural magnetism (north south etc) and then
modified/changed/controled it with his own natural magnetism......with sound? using a geometrical
shape? using combinations of radio frequencies?

Perhaps he worked at night...not just because of the secrecy, but because the conditions were right
to do what he did?

In the interesting piece by Leedskalnin, linked by Jennie.....he says....







BEEF!

I surpose we're like beef.....our physical bodies....especially with the blood.

Somewhere it says that Leedskalnin died of MALNUTRITION.....what's that all about?
If he didn't have an eating disorder, or an illness.....perhaps his body became depleted
by all the efforts? needed to move the blocks?

And let's not forget he number that he left......71296105195 (or 7129/6105195)

It might be something or nothing.....but there are 11 numbers in this Leedskalnin number.
Now, I don't know about everywhere else...but in Britain every mobile phone number
has 11 digits? Does this mean 11 frequencies? I've no idea....I'm just chucking out a possible
connection....perhaps someone reading this might know?

Perhaps the Leedskalnin number is to do with a frequency (radio/human/earth/geometrical/sound???)

Here is another of his articles.
http://www.labyrinthina.com/ed.htm

It is said that he sang while moving the stones. I'm not sure if that means anything or not, (I sing or hum when I'm doing yard work too, much to my neighbors horror .) but I think that it is interesting that so many people mentioned it.

BTW, thanks for the vid, Silver Thong, that was amazing!!

Nice find TST. I wonder if this is how the Coral Castle was really made though? Heard bout it years ago and it was also said harmonics and magnets were at play.

I just don't know what to think....I mean he had huge blocks up on top of blocks....and a 30 ton stone....much heavier than the guy there was moving....and that man was a robust looking man....Ed was really skinny and little and sorta weak looking.

I found this video to be very interesting.

The kids they talk about that saw him floating rocks like helium balloons could have been lying, I mean kids do make stuff up---but imagine if they were telling the truth and it really was the magnetic field and harmonics at play.......

Im a tad confused.!!!

When u say coral castle u mean under the sea???

The answer to the Question has been given by two different people and now me.

It was not Magic it was just a bit of skill and knowledge of levers and fulcrums, he was obviously a very cleaver man.

I personally feel the guy suffered from a broken heart and slipped into a spiralling compulsive obsessive quest, a bit sad really

He moved the coral castle because he was badly beaten up

No, the Coral Castle is not under the sea, but it's made of Rock Coral.

Is it feasibly possible to lift a 30 ton rock with levers and fulcrums--asking because I really am unsure of that? And if you watch that video I posted you will see that the rock under the rock door was sent away for testing. It was discovered to be, not of this earth. Which I thought was strange. The 9 ton rock used for the door was lifted out to fix the bearing underneath it---and they used a 50 foot crane to lift it. So really--could simple levers really move a 30 ton rock? That's HEAVY.

Call me fantastical, but I really believe more than anything it was magnetics/harmonics.