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2008 Vol. 72(1) 155-168

Editor:
John A. Palmer, Ph.D.
Copyright: 
Parapsychology Press

Citation

Thalbourne, A. M. (2008). (Article). A Second Experiment on the Effect of Kundalini on the Output of a Random Number Generator. Journal of Parapsychology, 72(1), 155-168.

Article

A Second Experiment on the Effect of Kundalini on the Output of a Random Number Generator

Michael A. Thalbourne

Following significant results in a previous report of five RNG selftests in which it was sought to elicit so-called “Kundalini,” 2 new experiments with the same experimenter-participant were conducted. These used control sessions both pretest and posttest (making a “trio”). In the first experiment—Study 6—both Kundalini-conducive music and a “visualizer” were used. Ratings of level of tension were made prior to each of the 20 sessions (total number of trials being 100,000). In this study, there was evidence of a significant incline of run-score from lowest level of tension to highest and from first trio to last. In the second experiment—Study 7—the definition of Kundalini was broadened to include also “somatic indicators” such as itches, tingling, brief pain, and so on. Based on the thinking of Kennedy (2003) about the unsustainability of psi, the experimenter was prepared to obtain bizarre results: these in fact did occur, given that significant positive scoring was found for the non-Kundalini runs, and results for the Kundalini run-scores were close to chance. The results were thus the opposite of what was desired. The series of 7 studies may be described as yielding significance in each case but without a consistent pattern of psi scoring, making prediction almost impossible.

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