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Marco Visconti is a modern Thelemite, educator, and author whose work focuses on making esoteric principles accessible to contemporary audiences. After spending years immersed in the study of Aleister Crowley's writings and Western occult traditions, Visconti distilled his knowledge into practical guides that help seekers navigate the often-challenging terrain of ceremonial magick and mysticism.

His best-known publication, The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times, has been praised for its structured approach to Crowley's teachings, providing readers with clear instructions for integrating Thelema into daily spiritual practice. Marco's candid style—honest about Crowley's complexities and enthusiastic about Thelema's endur
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REVIEW: ARADIA'S HIDDEN HAND

I first met A. D. Manns at Treadwell’s Books about a decade ago, in that familiar London way where a quick hello between shelves becomes a full conversation because you have both clocked the same obscure reference and neither of you wants to let it go. Even then, what struck me was not just his range, but his temperament: the scholar’s patience paired with a storyteller’s instinct for where the hu

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Black Stars in Dim Carcosa by Marco  Visconti
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Stars & Snakes by Marco  Visconti
"Great book with a lot of background detail on personal experience with O.T.O but full of wonderful knowledge. Well worth reading for those seeking an insight into the Thelemic path."
Aleister Crowley's Mysticism by Marco  Visconti
"In the follow up to his highly practical and engaging first book, Marco Visconti opts to take the reading into uncharted waters in his second book. Rather than provide a list of similar exercises or rehash a first steps book he tackles more complex i" Read more of this review »
Aleister Crowley's Mysticism by Marco  Visconti
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" Manly Hall, the same who wrote about Freemasonry with pomp and authority, but years before being initiated himself? :) "
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This is a clear, disciplined primer that bridges history and hands-on work with unusual grace. Horowitz frames the project with Jack Parsons’s call for simplicity, then actually delivers it: brisk chapters that define terms, sketch lineage, and move ...more
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The Secret of the Thoth Tarot by Paul Hughes-Barlow
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The Secret of the Thoth Tarot is an exegesis of Crowley’s Book of Thoth rather than a spread-by-spread tutorial. Hughes-Barlow opens by showing you how to study Crowley’s text, then traces the deck’s Masonic and Golden Dawn DNA, setting readers up to ...more
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Paganism Persisting is that rare work of history that feels both rigorous and alive. Douglas and Young replace tired arguments about secret survivals or modern inventions with a clear “persistence” model, showing how symbols, texts, and ritual gramma ...more
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“In Thelema, True Will (also Pure Will) is defined as a moment-to-moment path of action that operates in perfect harmony with everything else. True Will does not equate with conscious intent.”
Marco Visconti, The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times

“The most popular is likely ‘the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will’.”
Marco Visconti, The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times

“In this new aeon, you are the central character of the epic. Not gods or heroes: you, and you alone. This is the groundbreaking change of perspective that brings each individual to the centre of the universe, as each becomes essentially one with the interplay between Hadit and Nuit, as we saw earlier. There is no saviour to pray to, no vicarious atonement. In fact, there is nothing to be saved from either–only fantastic adventures to be had, both on this plane of existence and on others.”
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