There are some that feel that energy passing upwards on the kundalini channel from the perineum to the crown is kundalini energy . But I agree with Robert Bruce's definition that kundalini energy occurs during kundalini events . The pre-kundalini energy stimuli and the stimulating of the kundalini channels should not be called kundalni energy .

There are many forms of energy attunements and initiations which may cause energy to be raised in vibration and/or to be lifted thru the kundalini channels .

In initiatic magick , the immortals offer such attunements in the realms .

In alchemical contagion , those that are similar in vibration can be lifted to the vibration of those nearby and to the vibration of the planet when they are ripe to be affected .

Also there are forms of energy exchange such as Shaktipat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaktipat
http://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings/sha ... tipat.html
Spiritual awakening, or shaktipat, lies at the heart of the mystical journey. This infusion of energy from the spiritual master to the seeker brings about the awakening of the seeker's own inherent spiritual power, called kundalini. Shaktipat is described by the yogic texts as an initiation that activates an inner unfolding of awareness that leads to progressively higher states of consciousness.
http://reikitummo.com/Rktummo/rktm10.html#RKShaktipat
http://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings/sha ... tipat.html
http://www.llewellynjournal.com/article/358
Whatever the method, those who have had successful Kundalini Awakening can be recognized by their healthy body, happy countenance, appearance of anahat-shabd or the "inner sound" known as AUM or WORD, beautiful, peaceful eyes, becoming an urdhvareta or one in whom the reversal of the flow of semen has taken place or the one who has attained the power of retaining the semen, and the purification of body and nerves.
http://www.sacredspaceyogasanctuary.com/kunda.html
Shaktipat means the descent of grace, or transmission of energy, and it is a vitally important presence in the awakening of the kundalini. Shaktipat can be received from the teacher in four primary ways -- through the look, touch, thought, and word. In the tantric tradition shaktipat is understood to be the highest form of spiritual initiation, providing the initiate with immediate access to the divine energy dwelling within them. It is the fire that ignites and sustains the release and rising of the kundalini.
http://www.kundalini-teacher.com/initia ... tipat.html
http://www.kundalinisupportnetwork.com/shaktipat.html
“Shakti” is another word for kundalini and “pat” means to descend.
http://www.dyc-nc.org/shaktipat.html
In Sanskrit, Shakti means "power" or "energy," and pat means "transfer."

...in which humans may purposely stimulate the energy body channels of a peer or student to raise them to like vibration . There is such a form of energy transference in Reiki Tummo , for example .

Reiki Tummo is a unique combination of Reiki and Kundalini designed to give the practitioner an effective Reiki healing capability. ...

I am not suggesting that you pay $650 USD .Yhe exorbitant fees for this "service" is inhumane because it can be given to you freely in the realms but it might demonstrate the confusion in the terms between moving energy thru the kundalini channel to stimulate it and a bonafide kundalni event which comes when the vibration is reached ;
http://reikitummo.com/
http://www.reikitummo.org/
http://www.reikitummo-usa.com/rt.html
http://tummo.netfirms.com/TummoReiki.html

http://home.exetel.com.au/milkyway/inde ... _padma.php
"Reiki Tummo is a unique combination of Reiki and Kundalini designed to give the practitioner an effective Reiki healing capability."

I find these images insightful as they demonstrate the two major flows of energy thru the gateways of the spine . But I feel it is inherently wrong to label these flows as Universal coming from Divine Source if descending and kundalini if ascending . One reason I cannot accept this naming is that Kundalini ascends and descends thru these same channels .

http://reikitummo.com/ImgInfo/AfterRKT1Attunement.gif
http://reikitummo.com/ImgInfo/OrdinaryKAwakening.gif
http://reikitummo.com/ImgInfo/ShaktipatIdaPingala.gif
http://reikitummo.com/ImgInfo/ShaktipatSushumna.gif
http://tummo.netfirms.com/Img/Chakra_Tummo1.jpg
http://tummo.netfirms.com/Img/Chakra_Tummo2.jpg




The rising has been called the reversal of semen . The kanda from which the original flames arise is called the Male Kanda in the perineum or the Throne of God in the male tan tien of the EarthStone .
http://www.reikitummo.org/images/storie ... alini1.jpg
The descending has been called the female semen . The kanda from which the original flames descend is called the Female Kanda in the scalp or the Crown of the Goddess in the female tan tien of the MoonStone .

The first flame rises as yellow sun, the second flame falls as platinum blue moon . The pink flames rise up and down as the avatar . This is the Trifold flame .

The green flame falls down and then up stopping in the heart as well . It is the princess . The 5th is silver and completes the chitra.

Then a number of other coloured flames arrive until 14 principal nadis have passed thru the ascension channel . All of those were male electric energy in the form called Mother Kundalini .

Then Father Kundalini comes bringing water and air kundalini . These come thru the back and front and are not confined to the primary ascension channel .

Then the gates have been opened and the juvenile nadis form like coloured crayons wriggling like finger sized fat worms of energy within the energy body . By ascending from the throne and concurrently descending from the crown these join in the heart to mature it .

After much work and preparation the heart kanda matures enough to cause kundalini to enter into it also . The cobras are felt to rest within it early on but they do not come into the energy body from the heart before this time .