Oswald Wirth was one of the most famous Freemasons of our century. He was a student of the great Rosicrucian and Kabbalist, Stanislas de Guaita, from whom he received his deepest inner knowledge. However, what he developed on his own, to an excellent degree, was the interpretation of Masonic allegories and symbols, as well as a profound understanding of the Masonic ideal.

His name is closely associated with authentic Masonic teachings and his works are presented worldwide in all esoteric dictionaries.

"... As we can perceive from the ritual, the True Teachers reside invisibly within a radiant glow, behind the dense veil that separates them from the workers who have surrendered themselves to the night and mourning...
... But who are these unknown instructors? Freemasonry poses the problem without solving it, as if it wanted to encourage its initiates to delve into that mystery where the ultimate arcane, the supreme secret (l' ultime arcane) of every initiation, is enclosed...
... However, those true Teachers are no longer workers who carve stones to fit them precisely into the appropriate place within the great edifice: they now work only on the Drawing Board, that is, spiritually, grasping the design of what must be built. They are the creative Intelligences of the World, active and real forces for the Initiated, who come into contact with them under the name of the Higher Unknowns of tradition..."

Oswald Wirth