Oswald Wirth Tarot Deck [Cards]

Oswald Wirth (Creator)

Product Details

• Cards: 78 pages
• Publisher: U.S. Games Systems (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913866520
• ISBN-13: 978-0913866528
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 3.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A superb historical tarot deck!, January 11, 2000

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Bete Noire (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This is arguably one of the best and most exciting tarot decks ever published.Created in 1899 by the famous Swiss occultist Oswald Wirth,it is not only a collector's item because of its beauty and artistic quality,but also a fascinating compendium of occultism.Rich in symbolism,esoteric and complete, this is a must for the serious student or collector!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The French esoteric tarot, January 12, 2008

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I. Papadakis "R+C" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oswald Wirth Tarot Deck (Cards)

This esoteric tarot has the E. Levi Hebrew-letter associations and not the later Golden Dawn ones.
However Martinist groups and French writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries made use of it, for example Stanislas de Guaita in his "La Clef de la Magie Noire" (from Amazon.fr) also the Martinist writer Margaret Peeke in her Kabbalistic art of Letters and Numbers Numbers & letters;: Or, The thirty-two paths of wisdom. It is the first deck that devil is made after Levi's Baphomet image.
It is printed in excellent glossy, flashy colours - maybe too glowing for fortune telling purposes.
One of the most important decks that, certainly, influenced many adepts and scholars.