| The Day That Ended An Era | | | | You will be seeing unusual accomplishment. |
| One morning in early December of 1951, Ed left a | | | | The legacy of Edward Leedskalnin is truly fascinating. |
| note on the entrance of Coral Castle stating that he | | | | Will we ever discover the secrets that Ed used to |
| was going to the doctor. A few days later on | | | | prove his love for his Sweet Sixteen? It seems that |
| December 7, 1951 at the age of 64, Ed passed away | | | | Ed didnt feel that the world was ready for his |
| in his sleep at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. | | | | knowledge in 1951. He deliberately destroyed his |
| His death was attributed to stomach cancer and | | | | knowledge before he died. He believed that |
| malnutrition. | | | | knowledge should be earned, not merely passed on. |
| The first thing people seem to wonder is why Ed | | | | Perhaps he felt that it could too easily be used for |
| didnt cure himself of the stomach cancer, as he did | | | | the wrong reasons. Maybe this decision was the |
| with the tuberculosis. Those who knew Ed believed | | | | result of almost being beaten to death earlier. Why |
| that Ed was just tired. It was pretty obvious that | | | | else would Ed leave the following clue in the encoded |
| even after all of his hard work, his Sweet Sixteen still | | | | form we now find it |
| didnt care (she did know about the castle); so its | | | | After Ed died, a plaque was found in Coral Castle |
| assumed that Ed just gave up. | | | | which read simply, The secret to the Universe is 7129 |
| Whatever the reason behind all of Eds decisions in his | | | | / 6105195. What this means is anyones guess. Does |
| life, take a moment today to pay tribute to a very | | | | this somehow refer to a lost science known as |
| unique individual. An individual who created numerous | | | | Sacred Geometry? Who knows? |
| unexplainable feats --- all with a mere forth grade | | | | Coral Castle was added to the National Register of |
| education. Thats right, Ed never officially achieved | | | | Historic Places in 1984, but it is still a relatively |
| anything higher than a fourth grade education. | | | | little-known attraction. Maybe its for the best. |
| However, Ed did love to visit the library on a daily | | | | I mean, are we really mature enough to handle his |
| basis and look through books; especially those with | | | | secret today, anyway? Im not so sure Regardless, |
| pictures of Egyptian hieroglyphs and artifacts. It is | | | | Ed left irrefutable evidence that we are in fact |
| believed that within these books is where Ed | | | | capable of so much more as human beings than |
| somehow stumbled onto a secret that has eluded | | | | currently witnessed. The proof is in the greatest |
| mankind since the days of Stonehenge and the rise | | | | architectural achievement in modern times that |
| of the great monolithic structures of Egypt, Lebanon, | | | | magnificent creation in the Florida Everglades called |
| and South America. | | | | Coral Castle. |
| Ed knew from the very beginning that he was doing | | | | Coral Castle is open for visitors year-round and the |
| something unique, as witnessed by the message he | | | | cost of admission is currently $9.75 for adults. Children |
| chiseled in place at the main entrance of Coral Castle | | | | under 6 are free. |