The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases by Jacques Martel

Author:Jacques Martel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health / Healing
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2020-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

HAIR — BALDNESS

Baldness is the partial or total loss of hair. Though it is mostly associated with men, more and more women are afflicted with baldness.

The hair is the mirror of a certain inner strength and of my roots. Samson (in the Old Testament scriptures) lost his strength when his hair was cut. The hair represents the link between the physical and the spiritual, which links me to the cosmos and spiritual energy. It is often compared to a form of antenna attuned to the beyond. It is said that heredity is the main factor in baldness, more frequent among males. However, among the different types of baldness, we find the bald bearded type, which is associated with individuals who use their intellectual faculties more than their emotional faculties. Loss of hair (also called alopecia) means that I have moved away from the divine in me. I am a person oriented to the material rather than to the spiritual. I may have a lot of intuition, but I prefer to count mainly on the more material and rational aspects. Often, if I am losing my hair, I am experiencing one or several situations where the tension is so great that I feel like ‘tearing out my hair’. Several stressful or even traumatic experiences may accelerate the baldness process: a childbirth inducing fear or worrying, a serious emotional shock, a separation, great tension at work or at home, a taste for surpassing myself materially or a depreciation of my intellectual capacities. When I have a lot of worries and great fears, I lose contact with my divine inner power. When I lose my hair, what do I feel I am losing in my life, or what am I afraid of losing in the future (which may be something or someone)? I can revolt: I want to free myself from this pressure that is stifling me. I want to be me, and stop living according to outside obligations. By losing my hair, I am freeing myself from what imprisoned me. I probably received little kindness, especially from my father, and I tend to revolt against authority. I am rather materialistic, and spirituality is not very much a part of my life. I try to control everything as much as I can because I am afraid of opening myself up and losing control. I imprison myself in rigid structures and obligations that are no longer needed. I am scattered, and my thoughts are tangled and confused. I am so exasperated over a situation that I am ‘tearing my hair out’. I am experiencing an inner heartbreak like an ordeal. I don’t want my children to miss me and thereby lose their Love. I tend to depreciate myself intellectually and I am experiencing an injustice. If I was gifted for a certain activity in which I excelled and my performance has started to change and decline, my hair will fall too. I refuse the basic functioning of life, alleging that I can do better than it.

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