CROWLEY CRAWL 2026
Come discover the City of the Beast!
I am Marco Visconti, author of The Aleister Crowley Manual and a teacher of the Western Esoteric Tradition. For more than thirty years, I have studied and practised ritual magick, Thelema, Freemasonry, and the strange initiatory currents that shaped modern occultism.
The Crowley Crawl is my attempt to bring that history back into the streets where it happened. This is not a standard ghost tour, a theatrical scare walk, or a quick circuit of spooky landmarks.
In 2026, the Crowley Crawl returns with two routes rather than one, each tracing a different current through the city Crowley inhabited so intensely and, in his own fashion, helped mythologise. The point is not simply to stop at a series of addresses and recite what happened there. It is to walk London in a way that allows certain connections to come forward: the overlap of literature and ritual, scandal and performance, old institutions and private obsessions, the official city and the one that always seems to run just beneath it.
The Original Crawl: From the Needle to Atlantis (Route I) grows out of last year’s walk and follows one of the richest lines available for this kind of work, moving from the Strand through the older legal quarters and on toward Atlantis Bookshop. It carries something of the original spirit of the Crawl in its purest form because that part of London still holds so much tension between public history and occult afterlife.
The West End Arcana (Route II) turns toward another face of the story. Here, the emphasis falls more heavily on ceremony, society, performance, clubs, lodges, and the carefully staged ambiguities of public identity. It is a route that catches Crowley less as the remote magus of later legend and more as a man moving through a very specific world of rooms, networks, gestures, and reputations.
The Crowley Crawl is far more than a ghost tour.
This is a four-hour, small-group exploration of London’s magical and occult history, tracing the places, stories, rituals, scandals, temples, pubs, and strange encounters that shaped Aleister Crowley’s life in the city.
Each Crawl is deliberately limited to just 10 people,
keeping the experience intimate, focused, and genuinely conversational.
Frequently Asked Questions
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While the tour involves walking for the full duration, we maintain a very slow, leisurely pace suitable for those of moderate fitness; no strenuous hiking or steep climbs are required
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London weather can be unpredictable, so please come prepared with a sturdy umbrella (or a hooded raincoat); a compact brolly makes all the difference during an unexpected downpour.
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Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. A small daypack, water bottle, and umbrella are recommended to ensure you stay comfortable and dry throughout the tour.
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You may cancel up to 72 hours before the tour for a full refund; cancellations made less than 72 hours prior are non-refundable.
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Once your booking and payment are confirmed, you will receive a detailed information package via email including the exact meeting point, start time, and your guide contact details.
Please check your inbox (and spam folder) after payment, as this information is sent automatically to the email address you provided at checkout.
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Absolutely not, curiosity is the only prerequisite.
The Crowley Crawl is part history walk, part storytelling session, and part initiation into one of the most remarkable (and misunderstood) figures of the 20th century. If you already know a bit about Crowley, you’ll enjoy spotting the deeper connections. If you’ve never heard of him until now, you’ll get a short, lively introduction at the start so you can follow the thread of the story.
Think of it as stepping into a mystery: the more you know, the more layers you’ll notice, but you don’t need to arrive as an expert to leave intrigued.
What our guests are saying…
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I really enjoyed exploring London's hidden esoteric secrets with Marco.
His deep knowledge of occult history and his passionate way of sharing it made the experience truly memorable.
I highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in the occult.
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Your Crowley Crawl was fabulous.
Walking around London with you, I felt like a character in a W. G. Sebald novel. I liked that our conversation got a little digressive at times, and thank you for accommodating my questions and ideas!
The biggest prize for me was your nuanced understanding of Crowley. Your thoughts from yesterday have really inspired me to read more about the multiple facets of Crowley's life.
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I had a fantastic time on the Crowley Crawl. Marco is extremely knowledgeable about Aleister Crowley and other esoteric subjects.
The other Crowley Crawlers in the group were a lovely bunch and I had fun getting to know them and sharing opinions.
I highly recommend this tour.
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Marco Visconti's Crowley Crawl delivers an informative and entertaining perspective on the life of one of London's most infamous and maybe most misunderstood residents.
With wit and knowledge Marco takes you back to the early 1900s and lets you breath the air of those magical times on location.
A great experience!
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This was far more than a standard guided tour. It felt like following a hidden current through the city, with Marco pointing out connections between people, places, rituals, scandals, and ideas that I would never have pieced together on my own.
The whole afternoon had a wonderfully atmospheric quality, but it remained grounded, intelligent, and very well researched.
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I want to thank you for a fascinating walk yesterday. I apologise for my less than ebullient energy, I’ve been pushing my activity levels and currently the pain is real!
Despite that it was a glorious day and it was pleasing to see such good attendance.
I believe that the current format is almost too much value for money!
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Thanks for the tour yesterday.
I felt energised afterwards and slept extremely well last night.
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The Crowley Crawl was one of the most unusual and rewarding London walks I have ever attended. Marco has a way of making the city feel layered, as though the ordinary streets are only the visible surface of a much stranger history.
The stories were fascinating, the route was beautifully judged, and I came away with a far richer sense of Crowley’s London than I expected.
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The Crowley Crawl is perfect for anyone interested in occult history, alternative London, or the stranger corners of early twentieth-century culture.
Marco knows the material deeply and communicates it with clarity and warmth. What I appreciated most was that he did not reduce Crowley to either caricature or hero worship, but presented him as a complex figure in a complex city.
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Marco's August Crowley Crawl has set the bar high for occult walks around London. We visited many sites associated not only with Crowley but also with people in his circle such as Leila Waddell, Mary D’Este, and more.
Marco's great knowledge of occult London shone through, and he told us a great deal about magick and about the locations we passed.
I'd highly recommend his walk which was well thought out, imaginative, and inspirational
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Thanks for an excellent afternoon, I really enjoyed it and found it stimulating and enjoyable. I would happily do any other walks that you organise. I knew it would be good as I have been to some of your talks and also read your book, and was not disappointed. I felt that we brought Crowley’s London to life briefly. It was a really lovely and interesting bunch of people that came along as well.
I liked the psychogeographic element you added and would be interested in doing something like that again. A magickal derive, so to speak.
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I have lived in London for years, but this walk made familiar streets feel completely new. Marco’s storytelling brought out the occult and literary history of the city in a way that was vivid without being sensationalist.
The result was a tour that felt thoughtful, strange, entertaining, and unexpectedly moving in places.