Daily Archives: 17/11/2025

One of the worrying things about the current Evangelical emphasis on the “Holy Spirit Experience” is the comparison a number of people have made between it and the phenomenon of “kundalini energy” in tantric and yogic Hinduism. Such concerns are, to this writer, compounded by the fact that since the time of Wesley, an apparently identical experience has been tied to radically different theologies (“an experience searching for a theology”). It’s been to different groups intended for sinless perfection, for holiness, for service, for joy, for love, for spiritual gifts or just for evidence. Furthermore, one searches in vain in Scripture for such a pivotal “second experience,” unless already conditioned … Continue reading →