Botis

Seal (sigil) of the demon Botis from the Ars Goetia
Seal of Botis (Ars Goetia)

Botis, also known as Otis and Otius, is a demon described in the Lesser Key of Solomon (as the seventeenth spirit) and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as the ninth spirit) as a President and an Earl who initially appears as a viper before changing into a sword-toting, fanged, and horned human who discusses matters past, present, and future; brings favor from allies and enemies, and rules 60 legions of demons. In the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic, Botis appears as Otius, and is mostly identical except that he is a President and Count, appears in the more humanoid form to begin with, and rules only 36 legions of demons. In the Grand Grimoire, Botis appears as a subordinate of Agaliarept. According to Rudd, Botis is opposed by the Shem HaMephorash angel Loviah.

Sources

  1. ↑ Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books. p. 14. ISBN 1-57863-220-X. {{cite book}}: More than one of |publication-date= and |date= specified (help)
  2. ↑ Weyer, Johann (2000). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives. par. 9. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Kieckhefer, Richard (1997). Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 161, 165–166, 291. ISBN 0-271-01750-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  4. ↑ Rudd, Thomas (2007). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0738723556. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  5. ↑ Weyer 1563, Introduction by Peterson.
  6. ↑ Waite, Arthur Edward (2002). "Part II, Chapter III: 'Concerning the Descending Hierarchy,' Section 1: 'The Names and Offices of Evil Spirits'". The Book of Ceremonial Magic. Internet Sacred Text Archive. pp. 184–193. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  7. ↑ Rudd 2010, pp. 368–369.