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I have. A point noone ever brings up is that the zohar was a reaction to hassidim (and others) practicing talmudic kabbalah. They're sort of like protestants to the vatican ii. From the outside they seem the same, but they're differences are like mormons compared with baptists. 
You shouldn't look at the zohar until you understand the mischna and it's commentary on it (talmud), because zohar is sort of a rebutal.