Hair (head) length and it’s relation with the supernatural

[SolYCobre]

Do hair lenght affect in some way activities like meditation, visualization or even the feeling or detection of entities? I’ve heard someone long time ago that said the hair are like antennae and it’s an extremely important part of the body spiritually speaking. Are there any texts or traditions that talk about it? Also what about a shaved head? A lot of the “illuminated person” imagery is bald or shaved. Is that more of a representation of leaving worldly needs like taking care of their long hair. Any personal experiences?
Thanks in advance

 

[Pyrokar]

It's cultural

i could go on in more detail this or that way to fluff the response and similar cases i heard of but it really is just a cultural thing.

essentially this is the influence of folk/tradition vs magick.
Hermeticism does not really respect minute insignificant things like that,
if it was A critical element then you would simply borrow it, like how they used boys for divination (and god knows what else)

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Do hair lenght affect in some way activities like meditation, visualization or even the feeling or detection of entities? I’ve heard someone long time ago that said the hair are like antennae and it’s an extremely important part of the body spiritually speaking. Are there any texts or traditions that talk about it? Also what about a shaved head? A lot of the “illuminated person” imagery is bald or shaved. Is that more of a representation of leaving worldly needs like taking care of their long hair. Any personal experiences?
Thanks in advance

The only person I ever heard say that hair are like antennae was the hippy drug dealer Danny in the film 'Withnail and I'.

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  : I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.
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  : What absolute twaddle.

 

[OberonFromTheHills]

Well technically hair are... Dead. There is no life force (or very little) in hair itself (unlike saliva or blood)

I believe wearing a veil protect the head itself and also the point behind your neck that is said to be a gateway to the spirit world.

 

[IllusiveOwl]

Personally? I have had long, bald, short, and buzzed hair, never noticed a difference except for levels of care to look socially acceptable. The Buddhists shave their hair because style is attachment to the illusion of individuality, but it doesn't actually have any magical or spiritual effects whether a monk's rocking a 'hawk or not.

If you're a yautja that's different, you need dreads to sense your surroundings because the hairs act as antenna. Maybe that's what your friend was talking about. All of us should fear the predator and know his weaknesses.

 

[Amadeus]

I have heard the same thing, that it's supposed to be like an antenna. This was discussed in some esoteric podcasts and in TV programs. There was also something about "energy being stored in there". Every now and then I have heard about this topic again, somewhere.

I've had the very same question, I looked into the subject, for example some monks (traditions) have it very short, others have it very long. Some say that the shorter it is the better you connect and then you hear the exact opposite from others. Practitioners of all kinds on both sides.

My experience. My hair length has been less than 1cm to more than 60cm. I've felt that short gives additional sensitivity and long gives a better more stable overall effect.
Personal preference, I prefer long hair, I just like how it feels like, also during winters it's like having a warm secondary hat on.

 

[Ziran]

@SolYCobre , From the Arizal:

The mystical explanation is the following: There are the three types of hair of the head - those associated with Arich Anpin, Zeir Anpin and Nukva. However, the hairs of Arich Anpin are of a quality of complete mercy and are all channels of lights that allow the lights to descend below; it is not appropriate to cut them. Therefore, the nazirite whose hair signifies Atik [associated with Arich Anpin] does not cut his hair at all, as has been explained regarding the commandment of the nazirite. However, in Zeir Anpin it is fitting to cut of the hair of one's head, particularly someone whose soul is rooted in the root soul of Cain.The beard hairs are channels of divine spiritual abundance…

It is proper for a man to intend, when getting his hair cut, that he is a reflection of Zeir Anpin, and that he is removing all the judgments from himself by means of the razor [in Hebrew, "ta'ar"], which has the numerical value of the divine name Ado-nai. This numerical equivalency is achieved when each letter of this divine name Ado-nai is spelled out in full, and the total numerical value of each letter is added up. Ado-nai transforms the judgment; therefore, it has the numerical value of "razor" ["ta'ar"] to remove the judgments…

Ta'ar" is spelled: tav (400), ayin (70), reish (200), with a total numerical value of 670 plus 1 for the entirety of the word, equaling 671.​

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"Ado-nai" spelled-out is : alef (1), lamed (30), pei (80), dalet (4), lamed (30), tav (400), nun (50), vav (6), nun (50), yud (10) vav (6), dalet (4), with a total numerical value of 671​

However, you already know that the head [of a person] incorporates allusions to the ten sefirot, and that its allusion to malchut constitutes the secret of the Sides of the Head. Thus, "side" [in Hebrew, "pe'ah"] has the numerical value of the divine name Elokim, and "pe'ah" is always in malchut.

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"Pe'ah" is spelled pei (80), alef (1), hei (5), with a numerical value of 86.​

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"Elokim" is spelled alef (1), lamed (30), hei (5), yud (10), mem (40), also with a numerical value of 86.​

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However, there is no sustained existence to the world except through the judgments, and it is not fitting to remove them completely. To that end, we need to retain only the dimension of malchut [i.e. pe'ah], but this applies only to the head of Zeir Anpin [man]. However, Nukva [woman] does not shave her head. The reason is that since she corresponds to Nukva, and since all the judgments are in Asiya [related to Nukva], were she to remove the judgments from the head of Nukva, there would not remain any judgments in the world. Accordingly, a woman needs to keep her hair and does not shave her head.

My master was extremely careful not to get a haircut after midday, that is after the time arrives for praying the Large Mincha. Even on the eve of the Shabbat [i.e. Friday afternoon], he was cautious.

It is fitting that a man not uproot any hair from his beard at all, for the beard hairs are channels of divine spiritual abundance. He should intend that the top of the beard is the First Tikun.

The divine name "E-l", in the secret of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, and the hair of the beard on the left and right is twice the numeric value of the Hebrew word for "beard" ["zakan"], which is also the numerical value of the divine name "Sha-dai".

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"Zakan" is spelled zayin (7), kuf (100), nun (50), and when doubled has a numerical value of 314.​

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"Sha-dai" is spelled shin (300), dalet (4), yud (10), also with a total numerical value of 314.​

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Together the beard as a whole is "E-l Sha-dai". For this reason a man should be mindful at all times not to grasp his beard so that he does not uproot any hair from it.

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[SolYCobre]

Thanks, that was an interesting read, too bad I live in a quite warm/hot town so short hair or a buzzcut is just too convenient to experiment with long hair. Also forgot about the beards, no wonder they were often be seen as signs of wisdom and experience.