As far as the veil’s religious implication goes, In Judaism and Christianity the concept of covering the head was associated with propriety which was discontinued somewhere in the 60’s.

An integral part of a nun’s clothing even today, the same is true with Sikhism. You will never find anyone (barring infants or young children) entering a Gurudwara with an uncovered head. With Muslim women this sense of propriety extends further where the hijabs (the principle of dressing modestly), veils or headscarves are worn all the time.

An occasion on which a woman is most likely to wear a veil is on her wedding day, if she follows the traditions, be it the west or the east, obviously a symbol of purity (or virginity).

Then there are the fashionable, non-religious veils, like those pinned with hats, usually made of netting, not actually designed to hide the face, but create a sense of mystery and blur the view. They are mostly an extension of the archetype of the courtesan’s veil, where instead of the virginity of the bride's veil, modesty of the Muslim scarf or the piety of the nun's headdress, it is suggestive of the unknown and sensuous.

Then there is the veil concealing that mighty power which regulates hosts of galaxies, stars and skies. Call it God or Almighty, representative of propriety, purity, piety and mysteriousness; there sure must be some reason why it all had to be veiled. Is it a bright light that no one dares look with a naked eye? Or the light hiding inside me?

The ones in pursuit of unveiling that ultimate truth never get entangled in the smaller veils.

This side of the veil,
Manjit

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