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−	[[Image:~~wizards_knot~~.jpg\|thumb\|right\|227px\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://katlas.org/wiki/7_4 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)	+	[[Image:Wizards knot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|227px\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://katlas.org/wiki/7_4 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)

	Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].		Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].

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 Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space.  This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the | One]].
-The Knot is often used in spells for philosophical, structural or aesthetic purposes, rather than because it's strictly necessary in a wizardry.  However, there are some spells which cannot be correctly completed without the Knot, or in which the wizardry is itself merely a large incidence of the Knot with other symbols added: examples would be the various wizardries used to invoke a [[temporospatial claudication]], and also many [[Stasis | statis]] spells.  ([[SYWTBAW]] <i>et seq.)</i>
+The Knot is often used in spells for philosophical, structural or aesthetic purposes, rather than because it's strictly necessary in a wizardry.  However, there are some spells which cannot be correctly completed without the Knot, or in which the wizardry is itself merely a large incidence of the Knot with other symbols added: examples would be the various wizardries used to invoke a [[temporospatial claudication]], and also many [[Stasis | stasis]] spells.  ([[SYWTBAW]] <i>et seq.)</i>
 See also: [[Euphemera]]: [[N-spheres]]: [[Spells (general composition and design)]]: [[Sphere slicing]]: [[Topology (wizardly applications)]].

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−	[[Image:wizards_knot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|227px\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://~~www~~.~~math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/KAtlas~~/~~Knots~~/~~7.4.html~~ 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)	+	[[Image:wizards_knot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|227px\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://katlas.org/wiki/7_4 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)

	Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].		Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].

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 [[Image:wizards_knot.jpg|thumb|right|227px|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms.  The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat".  (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/KAtlas/Knots/7.4.html 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)
 Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space.  This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the | One]].
 The Knot is often used in spells for philosophical, structural or aesthetic purposes, rather than because it's strictly necessary in a wizardry.  However, there are some spells which cannot be correctly completed without the Knot, or in which the wizardry is itself merely a large incidence of the Knot with other symbols added: examples would be the various wizardries used to invoke a [[temporospatial claudication]], and also many [[Stasis | statis]] spells.  ([[SYWTBAW]] <i>et seq.)</i>
-See also: [[Euphemera]]: [[N-spheres]]: [[Spells (general composition and design)]]: [[Sphere slicing]]: [[Topology (wizardly applications]].
+See also: [[Euphemera]]: [[N-spheres]]: [[Spells (general composition and design)]]: [[Sphere slicing]]: [[Topology (wizardly applications)]].

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 Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space.  This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the | One]].
-The Knot is often used in spells for philosophical, structural or aesthetic purposes, rather than because it's strictly necessary in a wizardry.  However, there are some spells which cannot be correctly completed without the Knot, or in which the wizardry is itself merely a large incidence of the Knot with other symbols added: examples would be the various wizardries used to invoke a [[temporospatial claudication]], and also many STASIS spells.  ([[SYWTBAW]] <i>et seq.)</i>
+The Knot is often used in spells for philosophical, structural or aesthetic purposes, rather than because it's strictly necessary in a wizardry.  However, there are some spells which cannot be correctly completed without the Knot, or in which the wizardry is itself merely a large incidence of the Knot with other symbols added: examples would be the various wizardries used to invoke a [[temporospatial claudication]], and also many [[Stasis | statis]] spells.  ([[SYWTBAW]] <i>et seq.)</i>
 See also: [[Euphemera]]: [[N-spheres]]: [[Spells (general composition and design)]]: [[Sphere slicing]]: [[Topology (wizardly applications]].

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−	[[Image:wizards_knot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/KAtlas/Knots/7.4.html 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)	+	[[Image:wizards_knot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|227px\|A rendering of the standard Wizard's Knot]]The most basic energy-locking symbol of the Speech, used to end or begin many wizardries in their written forms. The Knot is a three-dimensional symbol with several widely accepted two-dimensional rationalizations used when diagramming a spell "in the flat". (The rationalization most commonly used by wizards on Earth is the so-called [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/KAtlas/Knots/7.4.html 7<SUB>4</SUB> knot] -- a seven-crossing knot with four major lobes. A simpler "infinity-symbol"-like figure-eight variant is also popular.)

	Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].		Topologically, the Wizard's Knot is described as "non-trivial" -- and wizards would agree with this for reasons that have nothing to do with topology. The Knot (like all other knots) is an expression of a closed circle, or (in higher-order versions) a sphere, embedded in three-dimensional space. This makes it the perfect symbol both of the [[spell]] as a complete and working structure without beginning or end, and of the continual intervention of the [[Powers That Be]] (through wizards) in the universe they assisted in creating under the auspices of the [[One, the \| One]].