Conclusions
If indeed the contention is true that the psychedelic drug induced state is similar to the state of aroused kundalini, this has many implications. The most important implication in this author's opinion is that if psychedelic drugs can cause symptoms of kundalini awakening, then there must be a definite biological basis for the kundalini phenomena. Physical models of kundalini have been suggested such as Itzhak Bentov's model of the micromotion of the body. This model postulates that various body structures can potentially form resonant oscillators with each other leading to the production of increased magnetic currents in the cerebral cortex [1; pp. 316-340]. Bentov correlates this enhanced electromagnetic action in the cortex with kundalini release.
To this author's knowledge this model is only speculation and also suffers the weakness that it ignores standard neuropsychological observations of brain function. Other authors have suggested a number of neurologic and physiologic correlates with the state of awakened kundalini, including models based on the limbic system, the sensory cortex, and even the phenomena of kindling [1; pp. 298-310]. However, none of these alternative models match the phenomenology of kundalini awakening as much as the psychedelic experience does. Thus, the mode of action of psychedelics may overlap considerably with the causative mechanisms behind the awakening of kundalini.
Clearly, psychedelic drugs can serve as a reasonably reproducible tool for the study of altered states, though the action of these compounds in the nervous system is only incompletely understood at present and consensus as to the nature of psychedelic effects is lacking. Comparing kundalini awakening with psychedelic effects is a step towards alleviating this lack of consensus about the nature of psychedelic effects - or at least helps expand the game field of ideas that we can use to conceptualize the psychedelic experience.
If the connection between psychedelics and kundalini is valid, then it is expected that the physiological changes associated with both states will be similar. Thus, by using psychedelic drugs as a "model system" of kundalini awakening, and determining the mode of action of psychedelics, we may come to understand, at least in part, the physiological changes associated with awakened kundalini. Such work promises to unravel the biological correlates of the siddhis (or psychic powers) and the process of enlightenment associated with kundalini awakening (and the psychedelic experience). What this means is the possibility of joining parapsychology and the study of paranormal and esoteric states of consciousness to the rest of the world of accepted science, in particular neurobiology. To bring the study of the so-called paranormal into the fold of the accepted scientific disciplines is no trivial feat; psychedelics offer such a tool if used reasonably. Furthermore, the introduction of Eastern concepts related to kundalini yoga into a neurobiological framework could serve to enlarge the Western view of the potentials of the human brain and mind.
References for Conclusion Section
[1] John White (Ed). (1990) Kundalini Evolution and Enlightenment (revised ed.). Paragon House. New York