Hairs are huge emitters and receptors. When one is in an area, such as a temple, where the flow of energy must be tightly controlled, hair becomes either very helpful or very disturbant, depending on the energetic needs, Master Naba explained.

Isis, from the band THC, said dreadlocks are worn in keeping with Biblical scripture to "let the locks on your head and your beard grow," a teaching also observed by some in the Jewish and Moslem faith. THC keyboardist Poppa E describes his dreads as "antenna to the world." Samson is believed to be a Nazarite with dreadlocks. Many Rastafarians believe that like Samson, their hair is their strength and also their weakness if it is cut off . The belief in the weakness of cutting of the dreadklocks was used as a way to intimidate Rastafarians in Jamaica in the past, as they would be arrested and their hair cut off.

See article "The History of Dreadlocks"