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In the original self-test, in which 1,000 runs were conducted with a Random Number Generator (each run being 100 trials long), a comparison was made between the 46 runs in which I reported the presence of sensations of Kundalini and those 954 runs in which Kundalini was absent. The mean deviation score for Kundalini runs was above chance to a degree approaching significance; the mean for non- Kundalini runs was at chance; and the mean for the Kundalini runs was higher than that for non-Kundalini runs to a degree approaching significance. It was concluded that these results merited follow-up, and there were in fact 4 replications. In Replication 1, the mean for Kundalini rims was below chance to a marginal degree (p = .066); unexpectedly, the mean for non-Kundalini runs was below chance to a significant degree (p = .013); and the difference between the two types of run was also significant (p = .005). Also in this study was the only group significance obtained with the magnitude scores: the mean magnitude score for Kundalini runs was significantly above chance, as was the difference between Kundalini and non-Kundalini runs. In Replication 2, Kundalini runs gave scores significantly above chance (p = .002), non-Kundalini runs gave significantly negative scores (p = .003), and the difference between the two types was highly significant (p = .00002, co2 = .02). In Replication 3, the overall mean deviation score for the 600 runs was significantly below chance. Finally, in a Confirmatory Study, Kundalini runs gave significantly higher scores than non-Kundalini rims at the first 17 sessions but not at the 20th and final runs. For the first 3 studies (and the 3 combined), 11 ostensibly necessary conditions were measured and produced a significant multiple correlation for magnitude scores on 2 occasions out of 8 (though the beta coefficients were significant in relation to just one necessary condition, lack of tension). Thus, the 5 experiments have produced a considerable amount of significance, but whereas Kundalini rims tended to give positive scores, the non-Kundalini condition unexpectedly produced significantly negative scores rather than nonsignificant scores, with significant differences between Kundalini and non-Kundalini. These results are discussed in relation to the theory of psychopraxia.