Order's Bull of the Wise Flame

The Order's Bull of the Wise Flame forms the foundation of the schools of fire magic and is also an important pillar of the Safambi Order on Layida. As early as the 2nd millennium BEC, the first fire magic faculties existed on Layida, although they only taught specific disciplines. With the Order's issuance of this charter around 1,500 BEC, the first universities were authorized, whose primary task was to protect the matriarchy and expand the power of the Safambi Order.   To ensure the training and teaching of fire magic across multiple generations, while respecting the Layid matriarchal way of life, studying the charter is one of the most important components of the first year of study at the Flame of Wisdom. While the legal studies of the document are certainly not the most popular subject among the students at the college, it forms an important cornerstone for admission to a Spark Symbiosis at the end of the training, allowing them to fully practice the fire powers they have learned over the years.

The Order's Bull is a handwritten statute in deed form that was ratified by the Safambi Order around 1500 BCE in Safamali. Two additional ancient copies of the original document, dating back to the 14th century BCE, exist. To enhance the significance of the original and the two oldest copies, they were recorded on fiery purple parchment and sealed with a golden magical seal. The seal bears the Safambi Order's coat of arms on the obverse and the phrase "In its light grows wisdom" on the reverse, which later became the schools' motto. The seal is surrounded by magical, flickering flames that have lost none of their radiance even after several thousand years.

Based on the Layikani belief in the three-faced sun goddess, the bull consists of three sections, each containing six chapters and nine subchapters. Each section has 33 pages, with each section attributed to the three highest priestesses of the order at the time: Nadawi the Elder, Ziyanda v. Niwari, and Siwani the Great. To protect the parchment, the document was bound in the shimmering leather of fire-forked goats, as this leather is particularly robust against external influences.   Today, the original of the bull is housed in the order's main archive at Safamali in Anshani. The two ancient copies are located in the main library of the Oldest Flame of Wisdom near Zimunya in Olayangi. The second copy is located in the ancient wing of the Museum of Fire Magic at Rijangu in Tangisa. The position of the original and the two copies could also be interpreted as the three-faced goddess and her course from east via south to west (north).

The main tenet of the order and Layic society is the preservation of the fire-magical heritage and the belief in the three-faced sun goddess. The discovery of the first spark symbiosis led to the development of the culture of firewalkers under the matriarchal leadership of strong women. This authority must be promoted, preserved, and protected.   The first section therefore examines the history of Layic culture and its development up to the 15th century BCE.

In addition, conclusions are drawn as to which measures must be taken to maintain power in the future and secure it for future generations.

This section deals with how future institutions for fire magic will be built, structured, and financed. For this purpose, the activities of the fire magic institutions that existed up to the end of the 16th century BEC were studied, and appropriate conclusions were drawn for the construction of corresponding schools, the structure of the staff, additional necessary facilities, and the selection of students.

  This is also probably the part that was most hotly debated in the following centuries, as men were completely excluded from fire magic institutions due to their inability to experience successful spark symbiosis. At the same time, however, the Order also wanted to prevent men from gaining insight into the teachings of fire magic through access to the schools or from developing technologies that could lead to the overthrow of the matriarchal society.

The third section is based on the findings of common practice up to the end of the 16th century BEC and was continually modernized over the following centuries. While around 1500 BEC the curriculum focused purely on the exercise of fire magic powers and a small portion of Layid theology, calls for more equal education for women and men became louder, especially from the 1st century AEC onwards, after the founding of the Council of Elements.

  This led to the supplementation of the existing core areas of theology and fire magic with the area of humanities. Even though the study of fire magic is still reserved exclusively for women, there are a large number of men who teach in the humanities or are employed as support staff at the academies.