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Reproducing or republishing an article, in whole or in part, in any other forum requires permission of the author or the moderator. I'd like to clarify some of what's been said. One is supposed to be over forty years old, well learned, and have a full family before trying to study the Zohar. David Charlap mentions famous sages of the Talmud who went off the deep end after experimenting with mysticism. Four went down to the orchard, and one came back.