Oswald Wirth

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Oswald Wirth


Born
in Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
August 05, 1860

Died
March 09, 1943

Influences


Joseph Paul Oswald Wirth was a Swiss occultist, artist and author. He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas De Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two Major Arcana. Known as "Les 22 Arcanes du Tarot Kabbalistique", it followed the designs of the Tarot de Marseille closely but introduced several alterations, incorporating extant occult symbolism into the cards. The Wirth/de Guaita deck is significant in the history of the tarot for being the first in a long line of occult, cartomantic, and initiatory decks.
His interests also included freemasonry and astrology. He wrote many books in French regarding freemasonry, most importantly a set of three volumes e
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“Nadie participará de los privilegios del verdadero artista, si, retrocediendo ante los sacrificios necesarios, pretende contenerse con practicar el arte fríamente como aficionado, sin poner toda su alma y sin dedicarse a un culto que reclama que él mismo se dé íntegramente.”
Oswald Wirth, Libro del Compañero Masón: Manual de instrucción iniciática

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