docs: def initialize():
      """
      Initializes the cauldron library by confirming that it can be imported
      by the importlib library. If the attempt to import it fails, the system
      path will be modified and the attempt retried. If both attempts fail, an
      import error will be raised.
      """
  
      cauldron_module = get_cauldron_module()
      if cauldron_module is not None:
          return cauldron_module
  
      sys.path.append(ROOT_DIRECTORY)
      cauldron_module = get_cauldron_module()
  
      if cauldron_module is not None:
          return cauldron_module
  
      raise ImportError(' '.join((
          'Unable to import cauldron.'
          'The package was not installed in a known location.'
      )))