Sigils of the Aiq Bekar by Asterion.pdf

Sigils of the

Aiq Bekar

By Asterion

In my research upon seals ans sigils I became rather fascinated

with the Kabbala of the Nine Chambers, also called Aiq Bekar.

While preparing a complete volume on it’s history and uses I

decided to innovate a little and extend the system that Agrippa

set forth in his “Occult Philosophy”. His method of sigil making

derived from the Nine Chambers is quite effective and creative,

but I feel that it has been put on a pedestal and kept in mind as

an only method of constructing sigils involving the Aiq Bekar.

In my forthcoming work, “The Book of the Nine Chambers”, I

shall detail at least nine personal and new methods of making

sigils, the one presented here being just one of them.

1.Introduction

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: Of Occult Philosophy, Book

III , Chapter xxx

There is moreover another fashion amongst the Cabalists,

formerly had in great esteem, but now it is so common, that it is

placed amongst prophane things, and it is this. The twenty seven

Characters of the Hebrews may be divided into three Classes,

whereof every one contains nine letters. The first, viz. è ç æ å

ä ã â á à which are the seals or marks of simple numbers, and

of intellectuall things, distributed into nine orders of Angels. The

second hath ö ô ò ñ ð î ì ë é the marks of tens, and of

Celestial things, in the nine Orbs of the heavens. The third hath

the other four letters, with the five final, by order, viz. ó ï í ê

ú ù ø ÷ which are marks of hundreds, and inferior things, viz.

four simple Elements, and of five kinds of perfect compounds.

They do now and then distribute these three Classes into nine

Chambers, whereof the first is of unites [unities], viz.

intellectual, celestial and elemental: The second is of Twos. The

third of Threes, and so of the rest: These Chambers are framed

by the intersection of four parallel lines, intersecting themselves

into right angles, as is expressed in this following figure.

Out of which being dissected into parts, proceed nine particular

figures, viz.

Which are of the nine Chambers, Characterizing their letters by

the above written Notariacon: which if it be of one poynt [point]

shews the first letter of that Chamber; if of two, the second; if of

three, the third letter; as if thou wouldest frame the Character

Michael ìàëéî , that comes forth thus, extended with five

figures, viz.

Which then are contracted to three figures, after this manner.

Which then are contracted into one, yet the points Notariacon

are wont to be omitted, and then there comes forth such a

Character of Michael .

Source:

http://www.esotericarchives.com/agrippa/agripp3c.htm

2.Principles

The Aiq Bekar functions on a very simple premise: the

numerical values of the letters. There are 22 sacred Hebrew

letters, along with final ones, making a total of 27. As they are

used in a base-ten counting system, there are 27 numeric

equivalents, that is 9 units, 9 tens and 9 hundreds. If we arrange

from right to left the letters in the boxes, we must keep in mind

the numeric value. The first chamber will host the numbers 1, 10

and 100, that is, letters Alef, Yud and Qoph, the second will host

numbers 2, 20 and 200, or Beth, Kaph and Resh, and so on.

The figures extracted from the Nine Chambers are of course,

Nine. Each one represents a chamber. The corner chambers will

be represented by the double-openings, or the L shaped symbols.

The middle chambers will correspond to the single-openings, or

the U-shaped symbols. The final form is that of the fully

enclosed figure, the center.

The position of the letter in one of these chambers will yield a

characteristic figure. There are three positions possible in this

arrangement: first, second and third letter in the chamber, or

initial, medial and final. Agrippa assigns the simple form to the

first letters, the single dotted form to the second letters and the

double dotted form to the third. Although he makes this

differentiation, when constructing the seal, the dots disappear. I

made it essential in the following sigil method to differentiate

the three sets, designing three different endings of the figures.

The Fist position will always be a single number, letters Aleph

through Teth. I have decided to note these in the simplest way

possible, of lines terminated with a small T. The central figure

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