Working with Botis: truth, reconciliation, and a seal worn close
Botis, and two kinds of work that belong together
In the Grimoire Companion entry, Botis is a President who tells all things past and to come, and who reconciles friends and enemies. Those two points give this article its shape, and they belong together rather than being two separate workings squeezed into one piece. A seal of Botis is for a situation where you need a true answer about what happened or what is coming, and where a relationship needs reconciling, whether that relationship is with a friend, a former friend, or someone who has become an enemy in the course of a dispute. Start by naming both parts separately. First, the question: what do you need to know truly, about the past or about what is to come, and why does it matter now? Second, the relationship: who needs to be reconciled, about what, and what would a reconciled outcome actually look like? Write each one down in one clear sentence. If you cannot write either sentence, you are not ready to begin, and that pause is part of the work, not a delay in it.
It is also worth asking, honestly, whether the two parts point in the same direction. Sometimes a true answer makes reconciliation easier, because it clears up a misunderstanding about what actually happened. Sometimes a true answer makes reconciliation harder, because it confirms that a wrong was done and cannot be smoothed over. Both are honest outcomes, and a working that only allows for the easy one is not a truth working. Be willing to write down the unwelcome answer as well as the welcome one. Botis work, as listed here, is traditional Goetia work with Botis. If you work in the Goetia system, work from the instructions and teaching you already follow in that system. A general article like this one is not a substitute for proper teaching, and it should not be used to invent a purpose for a spirit you have not studied.
Why a seal, and why wear it
A seal is not a picture of a spirit. In this kind of work it is a working object: something you hold, carry, and return to, so that the purpose of the working stays present in ordinary life and not only on the night you first take it up. A pendant seal has a particular use here. A seal kept in a drawer is easy to forget. A seal worn around the neck is with you when you meet the person, write the message, or sit down for the conversation that the reconciliation actually requires. That closeness is the point. The seal does not do the talking for you. It keeps you in mind of what you set out to do, at the moments when irritation, fatigue, or old habit would otherwise pull you back into the same argument.
There are several plain ways to work with a seal, and they suit different days. You can hold it in your hands while you think through the question and the relationship, letting the weight and the shape slow you down before you speak. You can put it under a candle during a working, so that the working has a clear centre and a clear time. You can put oil on it, if your practice calls for anointing, marking it for the purpose you have named. You can carry it with you through the day, or wear it as a pendant, so that it is present for the ordinary encounters where reconciliation is actually tested. Each of these is a way of keeping the same purpose in view, not a different working each time. Choose the form that fits the day, and keep the purpose the same.
How this seal is made
The seals offered here are lost wax cast seals of the Daemon Demons of the various grimoires. They are pure metal which is actually cast, starting with a wax version, which is much higher quality than the three-dimensional printed versions, using metal powder and plastic, that you find around the internet. That distinction matters in practice, not as a luxury, but as a matter of attention. A cast seal has weight, a clean edge, and a surface that takes handling. It is made to be held and worn, not only looked at. They are pictured as just discs here, and you can get them like this if you prefer, but a bail is either cast onto them or soldered on, depending on the metal used, so you can use the seal as a pendant. This pendant is two inches across, a size you can hold comfortably and read at a glance, large enough to work with directly and still practical to wear.
Listed options take approximately two to three weeks, and the ones which are not listed but are under the other option take eight weeks. That waiting time is worth planning around. Do not start a reconciliation working on the assumption that the seal will arrive tomorrow, and do not let the wait become an excuse to avoid the ordinary work. Use the weeks to write the question and the relationship down clearly, to decide what outcome you are actually seeking, and to prepare what you will say yourself when the time comes. When the seal arrives, you will already know what it is for.
Preparation before you wear it for a purpose
Preparation in this kind of work is not decoration. It is how you get yourself into a state where you can listen, speak clearly, and notice what changes. Start with the matter itself. Write the question in one sentence and the relationship in one sentence, as above, and leave them overnight. Come back and see if they still read true. If they have changed, that change is information, and the new version is the one to work with. Then prepare yourself in the ordinary ways that mark a time as set apart: wash, change into clothes you do not wear for ordinary errands, and avoid starting a working when you are exhausted, drunk, or already agitated. A clear head is a working tool, just as much as a seal is, and for truth work it is the main tool.
Next, prepare the words you will use. Do not improvise a whole petition on the spot if you can avoid it. Know what you are going to say, in your own words, and know what you are not going to say. A petition that tries to cover every possible outcome usually covers none of them well. Keep it direct, keep it honest, and keep it to the matter at hand. For reconciliation work, there is a second preparation that matters just as much: be clear about what you will do yourself, in the ordinary world, afterwards. A seal does not send the message, make the call, or have the conversation. You do, and the working should be planned with that step in mind, not as an afterthought.
A simple working order, to adapt to your own practice
The following is a general order, not a fixed script. Adapt it to the system you already work in, and to the instructions you already follow for Goetia work. First, prepare the question and the relationship, each in one sentence. Second, set out the seal, and hold it while you read those sentences back to yourself, slowly. Third, if your practice calls for it, put the seal under a candle, or anoint it with oil, naming the purpose in your own words. Fourth, sit quietly for a time and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Fifth, close the working properly, in whatever way your practice requires, and put the seal where it belongs, worn as a pendant or carried with you for the days that follow.
Afterwards, write down what you did, when you did it, and what you noticed. Not what you hoped would happen, but what actually happened, in plain language. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the work. Note, in particular, the conversations you actually had, and what was actually said, rather than only how you felt about them afterwards. Feelings matter, but a record made only of feelings is hard to check against later. A record of words spoken and steps taken can be checked, and it is that record that makes a truth working useful.
Reconciliation, in ordinary terms
Reconciliation is slow work, and it helps to think through what it actually requires before you begin. It usually requires someone to speak first, someone to listen without preparing a reply, and someone to name what went wrong without turning the naming into a new accusation. None of that is easy, and none of it is guaranteed by any seal. What a seal can do, in the terms of this tradition, is mark the worker as someone who is undertaking that work seriously, and keep the purpose present through the days when it would otherwise be lost in irritation or fatigue. It is also worth being specific about what reconciliation would mean in your case. Does it mean a friendship restored, a working relationship made civil again, an apology given or received, or simply an end to active hostility, without a return to closeness? Each of those is a different outcome, and each requires different ordinary-world steps from you.
And remember the other half of Botis: truth. A reconciliation built on a misunderstanding about what actually happened will not hold, however warmly it begins. If the working brings a true answer that changes your understanding of the past, let that answer change the reconciliation you seek, rather than forcing the old version of it through anyway. That is harder, but it is honest, and honest work is the only kind worth recording. Sometimes the right answer is not a spirit working at all. If the situation is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation.
Keeping a record, and knowing when to stop
Keep a short record for each working and each significant encounter: date, question in one sentence, relationship in one sentence, seal work done, what you did in the ordinary world, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself. If nothing changes, that is also information. It may mean the question was unclear, the timing was wrong, the work was not appropriate, or simply that the situation needs a different approach, including a mediator, a different conversation, or accepting that a particular relationship will not be restored in the form you hoped for. Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise.
Botis seal pendant, two inches
A seal worn close keeps the purpose present where reconciliation is actually tested, in ordinary encounters, not only on the night of a working.
This is a lost wax cast seal of Botis, pure metal cast starting with a wax version, with a bail cast or soldered on so it can be worn as a pendant. It is two inches across. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is cast by hand, for traditional Goetia work with Botis, and not printed from metal powder and plastic.
If you want the seal for that work, this is the one I offer: Botis cast Daemon Demon seal pendant 2 inches, $216 CAD. View the product
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