Botis

The 17th of the seventy-two, a president and earl. Tells past and future. In the language of this path, Botis is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Lauviah.

Rank	President & Earl
Number	17 of the 72
Legions	60
Direction	North (modern correspondence tables, e.g. Goetic Impressions; varies by source)
Also called	Otis
Angel (light pole)	Lauviah — Shem #17

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Botis is a President & Earl governing 60 legions. Tells past and future; reconciles friends and foes.

First shows up as an ugly or menacing viper; when the operator commands it, it takes a human shape marked by large teeth and two horns, holding a bright sharp sword. Ranks as a Great President and an Earl over 60 legions.

“The Seventeenth Spirit is Botis, a Great President, and an Earl. He appeareth at the first show in the form of an ugly Viper, then at the command of the Magician he putteth on a Human shape with Great Teeth, and two Horns, carrying a bright and sharp Sword in his hand. He telleth all things Past, and to Come, and reconcileth Friends and Foes. He ruleth over 60 Legions of Spirits. (Mathers/Crowley, Goetia, 1904 — public domain)”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Botis's traditional office turns on divination and clear-seeing of past, present and things to come. Read plainly, that is a real human force; in the language of this path its raw, unowned form is a shadow pole. Its shadow is what that force does when it runs you from the dark; its gold is the same force — seen, owned, governed.

You never reach for it alone. Its light pole is the angel Lauviah; met together, behind protection, Botis becomes a disowned part of yourself approached while the light is already in the room.

Correspondences

A word of honesty first: almost none of the table below is from the old grimoires. The rank, legions, direction and office are traditional; the planet, day, colour, tarot, incense and the Enn are modern attributions (mostly 20th–21st-century Demonolatry and correspondence compilations), and the sources openly disagree. Use them as a working frame, not as law.

Correspondence	Value	Where it comes from
Tarot	9 of Pentacles (Virgo 10-20 deg); Rudd system instead gives 10 of Swords	modern / Golden Dawn decan; varies by system
Zodiac / decan	Virgo 2nd decan (10-20 deg), day/diurnal demon; Rudd system places him in Gemini 20-30 deg	modern (Connolly / Golden Dawn); differs from Rudd
Planet	Mercury (some tables add Mars)	modern correspondence table
Day	Wednesday	modern correspondence table
Element	Water	modern Demonolatry (Goetic Impressions); Golden Dawn decan would give Earth
Metal	Mercury (quicksilver)	modern correspondence table
Candle colour	Orange	modern correspondence table
Incense	Storax	modern correspondence table
Animal	Viper / serpent	traditional / grimoire appearance
Date-window	Sep 2-11 (Connolly) / Sep 4-13 (Tikaboo) / Jun 11-15 (Runyon)	modern demon-calendar; varies by source

Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:

“Jedan hoesta noc ra Botis" — MODERN”

Making a connection

Gathered from what practitioners report, put plainly — a starting point, not a rule:

Sit with the seal above as the first meeting-place: trace it, hold it in the mind’s eye, and let impressions arrive without grabbing at them.
Set a gentle frame. Keep it simple — a orange candle, a wednesday, a little incense, a moment of quiet. If you work the Demonolatry current, chant the Enn softly — more like settling than commanding.
Bring the real theme. Practitioners associate Botis with reconciliation: mending broken friendships and defusing feuds, approached with the enn chanted over the seal, a calm honest question, and discernment. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.

Never alone — the angel first. This is a shadow pole, and the whole discipline of this path is that you never reach for one by itself. Call its angel, Lauviah (Shem angel #17), first; work behind protection, inside a cast circle; and witness, don't become. If you have not yet read it, start with The Goetic Spirits — Safely. This is advanced work and it is not a substitute for mental-health care.

Rank, legions, direction and office are from the public-domain grimoires (Weyer 1577; Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia, 1904). Images are public domain: the 1904 seal. The Enn and the planet/day/colour/tarot correspondences are modern attributions (Demonolatry and compilations), flagged as such; sources disagree, and no copyrighted description or artwork is reproduced. Angel pairing per the Rudd tradition. Take the technique, never the tribe.

“The oldest quarrel ends the moment one person stops needing to win.”