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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,
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- 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.
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  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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“A winged dog, author of bloodshed, yet he grants the love of friend and foe.” obsidian-knowledge

Glasya-Labolas

“A winged dog, author of bloodshed, yet he grants the love of friend and foe.”


The Spirit

Glasya-Labolas — also called Caacrinolaas or Caassimolar in variant manuscripts — is the twenty-fifth spirit of the Ars Goetia, a mighty President and, in some texts, an Earl of the infernal orders. The grimoire gives him the form of a dog with the wings of a griffin, a fierce and swift aspect that pairs the loyalty of the hound with the predatory grandeur of the griffin. This winged canine form is among the more memorable images of the Lesser Key, and the tradition frames him as a spirit of contradictory powers, at once instructive and destructive.

He is described as the author and captain of manslaughter and bloodshed, a spirit implicated in violence — yet the same entry credits him with softer gifts, a duality that runs through many of the Goetic figures.

Office

According to the Goetia, Glasya-Labolas teaches all arts and sciences in an instant, imparting knowledge with sudden completeness. He tells of things past and to come, and he can incite bloodshed and manslaughter or, conversely, cause the love of both friends and foes. He is further said to make a man go invisible. He is thus a spirit of paradox — teacher, prophet, instigator of slaughter, and reconciler of enemies all at once.

Attributes

Attribute Value
Number 25
Rank President
Legions 36
Appearance A dog with the wings of a griffin