Utterance by Richard Olson

In this episode, we descend from the abstract heights of philosophical systems into the heat and smoke of a single ritual act—where philosophy is no longer the cool contemplation of eternal truths but the raw, visceral experience of transformation in real time. We explore how Richard Osborn I°—a First Degree Initiate, a Priest performing his role within a Pylon Working, a magician engaged in the consecration of fire—seized the philosophical inheritance of existentialism and Aristotelian dynamics and fused it with the living current of Setian practice, declaring that the engine of Becoming is not the abstract perfection of a formula but the dynamic interplay of Mortality, Sensuality, and Spirituality made manifest through the ecstasy of the Work.In a world that still craves meaning, still yearns for transcendence, and still struggles with the weight of its own freedom, do we have the courage to consecrate our own fires, or will we settle for the comfortable safety of secondhand truths?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:-Utterance Classification: V2 - A17.17 - 1 Author: Richard Osborn I° Date: March 12, XXVII Publication: Vox Draconis, Summer XXVII (Draconis Pylon)-'HTML Revision: September 22, 1998 CE Subject: Out of Body Projection Reading List: [Sentinel's Note: The following article was written in March '92 by then-Setian Osborn. It is a reflection upon the Pylon Working of the previous August, which had been the Initiatory group Working for the Pylon. His role in the Working was to consecrate the fire to become the Black Flame.]📚 RECOMMENDED READING:-Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (trans. Alastair Hannay) -Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (trans. C. Stephen Evans & Sylvia Walsh) -Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (trans. Hazel E. Barnes) -Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Hu...manism (trans. Carol Macomber) -Aristotle, De Anima (On the Soul) (trans. R.D. Hicks) -Aristotle, Metaphysics (trans. W.D. Ross) -Michael A. Aquino, The Temple of Set, Volume I (especially the sections on Xeper) -Don Webb, Uncle Setnakt's Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path -Don Webb, Overthrowing the Old Gods -Stephen E. Flowers, Lords of the Left-Hand Path -R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz, Sacred Science -Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears (especially the chapters on will and becoming) -Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null & Psychonaut -Julius Evola, Ride the Tiger -Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers (for context on the Greek sources invoked)🏷️ HASHTAGS#Setianism #Xeper #BlackFlame #LeftHandPath #TempleOfSet #OutOfBodyProjection #Ecstasy #Becoming #Kierkegaard #Sartre #Existentialism #Aristotle #Mortality #Transcendence #Sensual #Spirituality #AeonicFormula #Xepera #Xeper #Xeperu #Ritual #Magic #PylonWorking #VoxDraconis #DraconisPylon #Initiation #SelfCreation #Gnosis #Ecstasy #WillToPower #IndividualSovereignty #Philosophy #OccultPodcast #TheRubyTablet #WisdomTraditions #EsotericPhilosophy #SelfOvercoming #MagicalPractice #Consciousness #MeaningCreation #ExistentialFreedom #BlackFlameMeditation #EgyptianMagic #Set #Setian #FirstDegree #InitiationPath