Hair, the sidelock of silence, and the sacred creative energy.

Since ancient times, human hair has been seen as a conduit of the universal energies and a connection to the divine.

A symbol of chastity, purity, and fertility, human hair is venerated in many of our shared myths, allegories, and traditions. Hair has been styled and fashioned in many different ways over the ages. Is it possible that some of these ancient hairstyles may serve a practical purpose?

When the creative energy is conserved and circulated (through semen retention in the case of a male practitioner), the human nervous system becomes heightened and our energy centres and energy channels are enhanced and sensitised. The skin, scalp, muscles, and organs of our bodies become more sensitive to touch, massage, and stimulation.

The hair, with its roots deep in the nerve-rich scalp of the head, and the head itself covered with important and sensitive energy points, may well be viewed not only as a symbol of the power of the life force but also as a practical means to access this sacred energy and aid it in its circulation.

The Vedic tradition has the Shikha, the Chinese Manchu called it the Cue, the Hebrews have the Peyot, and in the North, it has been called the Suebean knot.

In Egypt, the Horus lock was said to represent childhood, and this lock of hair left to grow at the side of the head was cut at the coming-of-age ritual.

Many priests, Pharaohs, and Gods are depicted with the sidelock in Egyptian art.

The Egyptian Moon God Khonshu is one such deity.

The connection between the moon and the ideas of fertility, chastity, and the creative energy is well established, with the cycles and phases of the moon being linked to the tide-like forces that can be felt in the human body when working with the universal force.

The Horus lock is also known as the Sidelock of silence, which is perhaps a hint of its true importance. The Greeks highlighted this with their god Harpocrates, the god of secret oaths and silence who, like the Egyptian child god Horus, is portrayed with the sidelock and a finger pressed to the lips. (an ancient and well-known gesture alluding to secrecy).

This video examines various hairstyles of global traditions and their links to the concept of creative energy work. It highlights the importance of hair as a symbol and a possible means to help access the sacred universal force within the body - the heightened human nervous system.