Simon Ganneau

Ganneau, drawn in 1883 (after his death) by contemporary cartoonist Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, in front of a poster depicting the five phases of the world he preached would occur.

Simon GanneauEfn|Also spelled Gannot or Gannau by some contemporaries, but always Ganneau by his closest followers.

From one of Ganneau's brochures, an illustration of the androgyne Evadam, formed by the marriage of Mary-Eve and Christ-Adam. Like several other socialists of his time, Ganneau treated Christianity as a call for social reform. He was influenced by Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin and Saint-Simonian philosophy, Ganneau's writings treat androgyny not only as a move towards religious salvation, the final stage of humanity, but also as embodying the socialist concept on unity and balance in the world. of a new religion called "Evadaism" based on his ideas for "a redefined humanity, Evadam" (from Eve-Adam) and for a new era of female emancipation, gender equality and social justice. According to Éliphas Lévi, Ganneau also claimed to be the reincarnation of Louis XVII, and his wife claimed to be the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette.

As a sculptor and a former phrenologist, he spread his ideas via pamphlets and plaster figurines, "of strange appearance, without doubt symbolically bisexual", both called "plasters". Ganneau contributed to Tristan's 1844 collection The Worker's Union,