Weschcke, Carl Llewellyn, 1930-2015

found: Regardie, I. The Golden Dawn, 1989:t.p. (Carl Llewellyn Weschcke) p. xi (Carl L. Weschcke; b. 9-10-30; B.S. in Bus. Adminis.)

found: Facebook, viewed November 10, 2015Llewellyn Worldwide's Photos (Carl Llewellyn Weschcke ... passed peacefully on Saturday, November 7; Publishing Pioneer, Visionary, The Father of New Age; life-long student of a broad range of Metaphysical, Spiritual and Occult subjects which led him to the purchase of the Llewellyn publishing company in 1961. He relocated the company to his home on Summit Avenue in St. Paul; Weschcke and Llewellyn contributed ... to the New Age movement in the 1960s and 1970s, sponsoring Gnosticon Festivals, opening an occult school and bookstore, and publishing the occult newspaper Gnostica. He is a former Wiccan High Priest and played a leading role in the rise of Wicca and Paganism during the 1960s and 1970s. In the fall of 1973 Weschcke helped organize the Council of American Witches and became its chairperson; Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Babson College, studied Law at LaSalle University; advanced study toward a doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Minnesota; 1959 elected president of the NAACP's Minnesota branch; elected Vice President of the ACLU's Minnesota branch) - https://www.facebook.com/LlewellynBooks/photos/a.101753501713.101831.57526231713/10153093774596714/?type=3

found: Contemporary authors. A bio-bibliographical guide, vol. 61/64, 1976:(Weschcke, Carl L(ouis), 1930- (Gnosticus); born September 10, 1930 in St. Paul, Minn.; Education: Babson Institute, B.Sc., 1951; Religion: Wiccan; President of Llewellyn Publications, 1960-; Gnostica book stores, 1970-, Hazel Hills Corp., 1972-; Chairman of Council of American Witches, 1973-; Military service: U.S. Army; Member: American Federation of Astrologers, Gnostic-Aquarian Society (chairman, 1975); author of columns on the occult under pseudonum Gnosticus in Gnostica, 1973-; editor of Gnosis)

found: Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. The encyclopedia of witches and witchcraft, 1989:page 361-2 (Weschke, Carl, 1930-; 1960 purchased LLewellyn Publishing Co.; moved the business to St. Paul; opened Gnostica Bookstore in Minneapolis in 1970; first Woodstock-like festival was hosted in 1971, initally called The First American Aquarian Festival of Astrology and the Occult Sciences, and later Gnosticon; drafted "The thirteen principals of belief" statement ... later incorporated into the U.S. Army's handbook for chaplains; adopted Llewellyn as a middle name in the 1970s to use for business and magic)

found: OCLC viewed November 10. 2015(usage: Carl Weschcke; Carl L. Weschcke; Carl Llewellyn Weschcke)