A history in the field, worksmanship, quite a knack, and 28 years of time! The structure itself is quite an amazing accomplishment, and I don't doubt it could be done by one person in almost three decades without any "supernatural" forces involved.
It says on the "Who's Ed?" page that after his marriage-to-be fell apart, he started creating it as a monument to his love. As I'm sure we all know, love can be a powerful motivator. It does say "Ed would only say that he knew the secrets used to build the ancient pyramids and if he could learn them, you could too." Although he might have just said that to attract tourists. On the "Who's Ed?" page, it gives a slightly different quote, "Ed would only reply that he understood the laws of weight and leverage well." It makes you wonder though... It says he wrote a pamphlet called “Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Life” which contains his beliefs on life's cycle. That leads me to think he may have been a spiritual person. And over 28 years building the thing "the hard way", he sure would go through a lot of tools! And he lived and built by himself - no accidents in 28 years of working at night by himself with heavy stones?
It says on the "Who's Ed?" page that after his marriage-to-be fell apart, he started creating it as a monument to his love. As I'm sure we all know, love can be a powerful motivator. It does say "Ed would only say that he knew the secrets used to build the ancient pyramids and if he could learn them, you could too." Although he might have just said that to attract tourists. On the "Who's Ed?" page, it gives a slightly different quote, "Ed would only reply that he understood the laws of weight and leverage well." It makes you wonder though... It says he wrote a pamphlet called “Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Life” which contains his beliefs on life's cycle. That leads me to think he may have been a spiritual person. And over 28 years building the thing "the hard way", he sure would go through a lot of tools! And he lived and built by himself - no accidents in 28 years of working at night by himself with heavy stones?