Kenealyism (Twelfth Messenger of God)



Kenealyism is a school of religious thought drawing on the writings of Edward Vaughan Kenealy (1819-1880), an Irish barrister and politician who declared himself to be the Twelfth Messenger of God, following in a line of prophets beginning with Adam, followed by Enoch, Fo-Hi, Brigoo, Zaratusht (Zoroaster), Thoth, Amosis (Moses), Lao-Tseu, Jesus, Mohammed, and Genghis Khan (of whom Kenealy was supposed to be the re-incarnation). During his own lifetime, Kenealy wrote a series of texts, the Book of God, as well as two books on his predecessor messengers, Enoch and Fo, under the symbol of the Circumpunct (&#8857;); while the ideas proposed by Kenealy were, after his death, kept in print (and expanded on) by his follower Charles Wells Hillyear (1849-1930).