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kennethreitz ce93f429a2 Add Knowledge: the vault's reference shelf, crosslinked across the site
Publish the Obsidian vault's Knowledge folder as /knowledge (881 notes,
67 folders), with a Knowledge item in the nav and footer.

- scripts/import_knowledge.py regenerates data/knowledge from the vault:
  slugged paths, folder notes as index pages, wikilinks resolved to site
  links (or plain text), callouts, highlights, and Dataview tables
  rendered statically. Personal notes are withheld via an exclusion
  list plus a privacy guard.
- tuftecms/core/knowledge.py builds a concept index from note titles and
  aliases. First mentions on ordinary pages link to their Knowledge note
  (capped, never in headings, code, links, or sidenotes); Knowledge pages
  list related notes and where they're mentioned across the site; other
  pages get a Related Knowledge block.
- Knowledge URLs join sitemap.xml (so the sweep test covers them), never
  displace existing legacy slugs, list alphabetically, and mermaid
  diagrams render client-side only on pages that have them.
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“He speaks of what was, what will be, and the peace between enemies.” obsidian-knowledge

Botis

“He speaks of what was, what will be, and the peace between enemies.”


The Spirit

Botis is the seventeenth spirit of the Ars Goetia, counted among the Presidents of the infernal orders. He is a shape-shifting spirit, and the grimoire describes a striking transformation in the manner of his manifestation: he first appears in the form of an ugly viper, a serpent of unpleasant aspect, but when commanded by the exorcist he assumes a human shape, standing forth with great teeth and two horns, bearing in his hand a bright and sharp sword.

This doubled appearance — the reptilian and the horned humanoid — situates Botis among the many Goetic spirits whose true nature must be coaxed from a lower to a higher form through the operator’s authority. The sword he carries marks him as a spirit associated with conflict and its resolution.

Office

The Goetia holds that Botis tells of things past and things to come, granting the operator a vision that reaches both backward into history and forward into what is yet to unfold. Beyond this office of prophecy, he is said to reconcile friends and foes alike, smoothing enmity into accord — a spirit invoked both for knowledge across time and for the mending of broken relations.

Attributes

Attribute Value
Number 17
Rank President
Legions 60
Appearance An ugly viper; then a horned man with great teeth, bearing a sharp sword