View Full Version : Has anyone heard of this hair theory? I thought it was interesting
MoonlightShadow
May 5th, 2012, 11:56 AM
I found a few articles on this theory and thought I'd share it :) I tried to search and see if it was discussed before but couldn't find anything, so I'm sorry if i repeated information :(
Anyways, there was a theory I found about hair being the human antenna and how it would help with gaining energy and moods or something like that.
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Uncut_Hair
http://templeoftheola.weebly.com/long-hair-truth.html
blondecat
May 5th, 2012, 12:00 PM
Sorry, the second link doesn't load for me.
Reading the first now :)
MoonlightShadow
May 5th, 2012, 12:03 PM
Oh I'm sorry :'(
Here's another one: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread782901/pg1
Hopefully this works
heidi w.
May 5th, 2012, 12:06 PM
I found a few articles on this theory and thought I'd share it :) I tried to search and see if it was discussed before but couldn't find anything, so I'm sorry if i repeated information :(
Anyways, there was a theory I found about hair being the human antenna and how it would help with gaining energy and moods or something like that.
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Uncut_Hair
http://templeoftheola.weebly.com/long-hair-truth.html
A lot of new age type people believe in this. People running in those kind of circles tend to believe in the energy of things, such as crystals and rocks having energy. I don't know, but I am not an authority on it. My hair has yet to stand on end over such a thing. These ideas have been running around for a very long time in human history. I do believe there's an energy to things, but not so sure about hair. I mean, it is dead once it sprouts out of your skull. Only the root is alive.
But then, hair samples are used in crime and medical cases. In medical cases, hair behavior is often a first sign of a problem, although a whole lot of people simply don't know that. It can show hunger, health issues such as some kidney issues, certainly, hair sample is in fact the most reliable evidence that a person is or is not a drug user, for example. Some there's some merit perhaps to the idea.
heidi w.
blondecat
May 5th, 2012, 12:08 PM
I need to be more awake to comprehend the first link. Its3.35 am here.
I did see some of the Christian stuff in there and that is a round about reason I keep my hair long. ( do trim though. )
I'll read again after a sleep <3
( Insomnia sufferer here lol )
Thank You for posting this, it does appear to be an interesting read :)
LaurelSpring
May 5th, 2012, 12:09 PM
Those are interesting articles! I intuitively feel that there is something special and unique about long hair, at least for me, but its hard to really describe it.
MoonlightShadow
May 5th, 2012, 12:12 PM
I read in another article that some may also use hair to be able to tell ur life story. They described it to be similar to the trunk of a tree (with the rings and such) but I found it to be interesting though :)
MoonlightShadow
May 5th, 2012, 12:19 PM
@Blondecat, I apologize about ur insomnia and can sympathize lol ^^
Jing
May 5th, 2012, 01:24 PM
I remember a thread about how native American trackers lost their amazing tracking abilities after getting military hair cuts. Someone called urban legend on that one. It's a very interesting topic, regardless of the science of hair. Hair and the traditions surrounding it certainly have a strong (often unconscious) psychological influence on people, if nothing else. Same thing with clothing, mind. The question is whether spiritual/intuitive people grow their hair long (because of long-standing associations between long hair and closeness to nature/the spiritual), or whether long hair indeed makes you more in tune with things. Or, you know, whether long hair is even more common among intuitive/spiritual people. :p
jacqueline101
May 5th, 2012, 02:57 PM
I've never heard of it before. I'm sort of old fashioned so I think I will stay with old fashioned methods. I do agree your hair and skin can indicate health problems. I've seen it before.
Bene
May 5th, 2012, 04:30 PM
I wouldn't go so far as to call these things theories. Anecdotes, maybe. Historical evidence of faith and how it affects culture, sure. But theories? Nope.
Gogobaby
May 5th, 2012, 04:43 PM
If one is scientific, hair is dead epidermis. I'm sure we love it though, for its many mysterious properties, as well as looking hot.
spidermom
May 5th, 2012, 06:00 PM
Maybe. I hate it when people say "hair is dead". Mine is growing and thus living; it most certainly is NOT dead.
GypsyGoddess
May 5th, 2012, 07:09 PM
The first link is to a Sikh website- the men have a religious injunction against cutting their hair, ever. So I think it's perfectly natural for them to attribute certain religious qualities to their hair when it is a spiritual discipline for them. (from my Anth of Religion class, Sikhism started as a blend of Hindu and Muslim ideology and eventually became its' own religion, and I believe one of the markers of the faith was having a special comb, called a Kanga)
The second one was kinda New-Agey for me, and I tend to get worried about anyone who draws such broad conclusions, esp. for groups like the Picts or Neanderthals about whom we have fairly little information. Plus, anything that says "Native Americans" kinda freaks me out, since my Native Cultures class where we talked about how specific clans were the "longhairs" and others were not, and often specific people like married women would cut their hair or wear it a special way. Native Americans are not a group that can be described in such universal terms, so I find myself wondering what else the article gets wrong.
Unicorn
May 5th, 2012, 07:18 PM
I remember a thread about how native American trackers lost their amazing tracking abilities after getting military hair cuts. Someone called urban legend on that one. It's a very interesting topic, regardless of the science of hair. Hair and the traditions surrounding it certainly have a strong (often unconscious) psychological influence on people, if nothing else. Same thing with clothing, mind. The question is whether spiritual/intuitive people grow their hair long (because of long-standing associations between long hair and closeness to nature/the spiritual), or whether long hair indeed makes you more in tune with things. Or, you know, whether long hair is even more common among intuitive/spiritual people. :p
I suspect that long hair is more common amoungst intuitive/spiritual people because they have a greater tendency to see below the surface, therefore spent less time 'individualising' the surface. Society teaches us (with varying degreess of success) to look to the superficial details. For those who do, they spend a lot of time tending to and honing those details.
Unicorn
MoonlightShadow
May 5th, 2012, 09:25 PM
I was looking at an article which gave me the idea for posting this, but I can't seem to find it :( a man named Yogi Bhajan (or something like that) went into depth about hair, what it does, and how it effects a person.
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