From the core essence of Setian Philosophy, each Initiate of EOB carves out an initiatory path that is unique to them, yet expands and energizes the framework in which all Setians work.
Setian philosophy evolves from two basic premises:
1. Mankind possesses a unique faculty of self-consciousness and abstraction that sets him apart from other known inhabitants of planet Earth.
2. By exercising and working directly with that particular faculty, he may experience a process of dynamic personal evolution, (i.e. Xeper).
This unique human faculty has come to be known as the Black Flame. EOB approaches the Black Flame as being an exclusively material phenomenon. Like Dr. Wilhelm Reich’s Orgone, it flows throughout the universe, originating from an ineffable source and descending throughout various cosmic octaves until it reaches us here on Earth. In waves of alternating contraction and expansion, it flows through all organic life forms – charging, animating, and connecting all things. It binds us with all other things, and serves as our link to higher levels of existence and the source of our creation. This perspective has also been called "Animistic Materialsim".
While all organic life partakes in this cosmic energy exchange, for some reason it has had a unique effect on man, endowing him with a special capacity for self-reflection and presenting him with the opportunity to overcome the common evolutionary cycle. This is due to a specific genetic capacity that was installed in man by an intelligent agency originating on a higher level. These beings of another race have been known to exist since the most ancient of times, and have been called by various names throughout the Aeons and have been documented by nearly every known terrestrial civilzation: Angels, Daimons, Titans, Gods, Goddesses, Extra-Terrestrials, and so on. This model for approaching the question of praeter-human intelligent agency as been called "Daimonosophy".
The motivation behind this genetic tinkering with man’s receptivity was foremost selfish. To ascend to higher levels of existence, it is necessary not only to make a conscious connection with the beings residing there, but also to open the door to ascendance for the being dwelling at a lower cosmic level. Initiation may be viewed as a sort of ladder in this sense – one may move up the ladder only by simultaneously providing assistance to those below. This principle of mutual reciprocity explains the motivation of our benefactors, as well as lights the way for our own evolutionary purpose.
It is very important to understand that these cosmic beings are in no way absolute in their benevolence, and that other cosmic races with less benevolent motivations can and do exist. Every being that exists in the universe must eat, and all beings also serve as food for something else. This law is absolute: There is no free lunch. Therefore, a sly man will be mindful not only of what he eats, but also of what sort of consumers he attracts to himself.
Knowledge of the Black Flame and Higher Cosmoses existed for many tens of thousands of years of peaceful and enlightened human civilization. However with the appearance of Monotheism in Egypt circa 4,000 BCE institutionalized oppression, violence, and an aggressive movement to suppress all knowledge of the Black Flame and all initiatory endeavors began. As stated, not all cosmic races are benevolent, and not all share the same opinion regarding man's proper function in the universe.
Therefore, the primary aim of the EOB is to provide proper and safe conditions for work; conditions in which individuals may begin rekindling the Black Flame within the self and reactivate the cosmic mission of individual existence.
