Egypt, hair, and energy work.

Human hair has been seen as a conduit of the universal energies and a connection to the divine since ancient times.

A symbol of chastity, purity, and fertility, human hair is revered 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. Thus, our skin, scalp, muscles, and organs can become more sensitive to touch, massage, and stimulation.

The hair, with its roots deep in the nerve-rich scalp of the head and with 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 tool 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.

In Egyptian art, numerous priests, pharaohs, and gods are portrayed with a sidelock.

The Egyptian Moon God Khonshu is one such deity.

Connections between the moon and the ideas of fertility, chastity, and the creative energy are 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 ebb and flow of light reflecting from our heavenly satellite can be seen as analogous to the build-up and loss of bio-electricity in the nervous system when conserving the creative powers.

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. Harpocrates, 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).

Horus is a symbol of the brain stem.