Files
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.
2026-10-18 20:08:46 -04:00

1.7 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

description, source
description source
“He carries a man swiftly from one country to another.” obsidian-knowledge

Bathin

“He carries a man swiftly from one country to another.”


The Spirit

Bathin is the eighteenth spirit of the Ars Goetia, a mighty and strong Duke of the infernal hierarchy. The grimoire pictures him as a figure of masculine strength appearing with the tail of a serpent, and — in a detail characteristic of the more theatrical entries of the Lesser Key — riding upon a pale-coloured horse. This mounted, half-serpentine form gives Bathin an aspect of restless motion, fitting for a spirit whose chief power concerns travel and transport across great distances.

His serpent’s tail links him iconographically to the many reptilian spirits of the tradition, while the horse beneath him underscores speed and the crossing of ground. He is a spirit of thresholds and passages, both geographic and vegetable.

Office

The Goetia attributes to Bathin a knowledge of the virtues of herbs and of precious stones, a lore of the natural world and its hidden properties. His most emphasised office, however, is that of conveyance: he is said to be able to carry a man suddenly from one country to another, transporting the operator across vast distances in an instant — a power that places him among the spirits of translocation within the grimoire.

Attributes

Attribute Value
Number 18
Rank Duke
Legions 30
Appearance A strong man with a serpent’s tail, riding a pale horse