Gnosticon, sometimes called the Gnostica Aquarian Convention, was a
magical and
Neopagan event sponsored by
Carl L. Weschcke and
Llewellyn Publications from 1971 through 1976, held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the first such to be held in the
United States. In 1970 Weschcke opened the Gnostica Bookstore in Minneapolis together with the Gnostica School for Self-Development. The first of several festivals was staged the following year, called the "First American Aquarian Festival of
Astrology and the
Occult Sciences". Later festivals were renamed and became known as 'Gnosticon'.[1]