William C. Conway (May 15, 1865 – 1969) was an American neo-Druid and the leader of a mystical sect in the Latter Day Saint movement.
A native of Redondo Beach, California, Conway was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and held the office of high priest in the Melchizedek priesthood and bishop [citation needed] in the Aaronic priesthood.
In the early 1950s, Conway began to claim that he had possession of the Urim and Thummim and the seer stone that Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Mormon.
[citation needed] In 1955, a Zapotec tribe of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico declared Conway to be a prophet and the mouthpiece of Jesus Christ.
[2] He also taught that through priesthood alchemy, common metals could be transmutated into gold and that a Book of Mormon prophet named Mulek had blessed Los Angeles to be a holy gathering place.