Mareekh مريخ is a multimedia talismanic installation created to attune the experiencer to the planetary energies of Mars, specifically as a “feminine call to arms.” This Martial feminine component recurs throughout BINT’s practice — informed by her training, advocacy, and natal chart — and is rooted in the principle that feminine and masculine forces are present within all people across body, mind, and spirit.

Unlike amulets or charms, which are often treated as tokens of luck, a talisman is a technology: a precisely constructed object designed to embody and transmit specific energetic forces. Every element of Mareekh — its materials, inscriptions, number forms, and sound — was carefully timed, counted and constructed within traditional talismanic guidelines to fulfill this purpose.

The installation was activated during a precise election chart at its “birth” moment. Timed sound loops cut to cassette tape ran for 5 minutes and 25 seconds, with all footage and audio captured during this window of ensoulment. [This brief article describes what makes a true talisman].

METHODOLOGY

The piece was constructed over 17 weeks, with each stage aligned to astrologically significant days and hours. Traditional techniques from the Shams al-Maʿarif and the Ghayat al-Hakim (known in Latin as the Picatrix) informed the process, alongside BINT’s training in Sufi and Western Mystery Traditions. Contemporary Martial adaptations of Kufic calligraphy and Islamic illumination were incorporated throughout.

Astrologer Sasha Ravitch was consulted for key electional calculations, which were observed at crucial moments of construction — including composition, recording to tape, the introduction and consecration of metals, and the inscribing of texts. The election chart above marks the official “birthing” and recording of the piece. Rather than adhering to Renaissance talisman methods alone, the project also considered BINT’s natal chart — positioning the artist as a “living talisman” whose synastry with the chart shaped the design.


Calligraphy & Inscriptions
The entire piece is comprised of Islamic Divine Names (القوي Al Qawee, Ya Qaahirيا قاهر , Ya Muntaqim يا منتقم , and العزيز Al Aziz) and Qurʾanic verses, inscribed in abjad-based repetitions that generate mathematically significant permutations of five-fold patterns. Each inscription was carefully counted, timed, and arranged to align with Martial number associations, resulting in hundreds of precise markings across the piece, all created during specific elected windows of time. Traditional rituals of Sufic dhikr (mantric repetitions of the Names), together with ritual purity and controlled environmental conditions, were observed throughout the inscription process.

The following Qurʾanic verse was inscribed five times using an ink made of dissolved firearms (shown below). This same verse and ink also appear in the limited edition original prints detailed at the bottom of this page.

MATERIALS

Stone & Metal
Five onyx obelisks with iron content were magnetized to anchor and conduct the Martial current. Metal components were layered with iron and steel filaments.

Pigments & Inks
Red elements were formed with cochineal beetle pigment and the artist’s blood. The black inscriptions along the primary obelisk use a highly magnetic iron ink made of dissolved firearms by ink-maker Thomas Little (@a.rural.pen). 

SOUNDS

The audio component was composed in the key of C with Martial field recordings, dhikr invocations, analog synthesizer drones, and harmonium. Recorded directly to cassette tape, the loop was cut to 65 seconds and played five times — durations aligned with numerical abjad associations of Mars. At the elected “birth” moment, playback of the loop activated the talismanic grid, its electromagnetic current subtly interacting with the magnetic inscriptions and iron-onyx stones.

ACTIVATION & DOCUMENTATION

The installation was activated at Widow’s Son Productions (Los Angeles) with assistance from C.R. Sanders. All footage and sound were captured during the 5 minutes and 25 seconds of the original loop, marking the talisman’s “ensoulment.”
At the elected “birth” time of the piece, the talisman grid and current running through it was activated by the playing of the cassette tape loop. The electromagnetic nature of the tape has slight interactions with the highly magnetic ink made of dissolved firearms, running around a magnetized iron-onyx obelisk.

LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL PRINTS

Five limited edition original prints of Mareekh have been made available for sale and personal ritual use.

Each print is individually hand-calligraphed by the artist in contemporary Kufic Arabic style, using the magnetite firearm ink described above. The central Qurʾanic verse appears five times, with each inscription carefully executed to mirror the talisman’s Martial design. Metallic accents are hand-painted in iron-mica infused ink, making each print a unique, consecrated work.

Details
🔺Dimensions: 20 × 20 in (square)
🔺Medium: Dissolved firearm ink and iron mica watercolor on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
🔺Edition: Signed and numbered by the artist, unframed
🔺Each print comes with:
 – 5 stones to activate the grid for personal use
 – 1 balancing stone to restore energy after working with the grid
 – A cassette tape with the original Martial loop on Side A and a balancing Venusian mixtape on Side B
 – A detailed digital guide, including ritual recommendations


Availability
2 of 5 prints remain available.
Price: $555.55
Contact the artist for purchasing details.


5% of proceeds support PREPARE, the women-owned nonprofit founders of IMPACT, internationally respected for its personal safety, assertiveness, and self-defense training programs. prepareinc.com ➖ www.impactselfdefense.org