From what I understand it’s mutar at least according to חסידים to learn Zohar and its actually encouraged just קבלת האריז״ל you have to be ראוי for because he writes in a way that’s hard to understand and you could be מגשם it. I heard a story that the בעש״ט had ״טענות ״ why the אריז״ל explains the ספירות בפרטי פרטיות with משלים from גשמיות which could lead a person to think he understands Hashem with his mind and the אריז״ל told the בעש״ט that he’s right and if he would live longer he would teach differently not על דרך השכל. so because of that חסידים don’t learn כתבי אריז״ל unless their ראוי and are able ״להפשיט הדברים מגשמיותם״.
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