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 deciphering of Masonic allegories and symbols, as well as a profound understanding of the concept of Masonic Ideals.

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

The "Book of the Masonic Apprentice" does not refer solely to this degree. On the contrary, it summarizes all the historical and philosophical data that constitute the starting point for Masonic teachings.

According to Wirth, Masonic teachings do not essentially depend on the symbolic degrees that anyone can attain. They depend on the intuition, inspiration, and spiritual power that each Mason can bring in order to penetrate the level allowed by himself. This happens because ultimately the inner Self defines as its primary goal its liberation within the Light.