Nowadays, a branch of 
Lurianic Kabbalah
survives in the material put out by The Research Centre for Kabbalah
in Jerusalem and New York, which publishes a number of works by 
Rabbi
Yehuda Ashlag (18861955), the founder of the Centre,
and his followers. These books are so dense ans to be almost
incomprehensible to the average reader. The teachings are based on
the Hayyim Vital tradition of Lurianic Kabbalah. No practical meditative
or spiritual techniques analogous to Yogic, Buddhist, Taoist, or Sufi practices
are included. These books are available in most esoteric bookshops.
The Kabbalist Rabbi Michael Laitman, a student and personal assistant
of Rabbi Ashlag's son,
Rabbi
Baruch Ashlag (1906-1991). established the
"Bnei Baruch"
, which provides on-line Ashlagian/Lurianic textual material, including
a detailed
on-line
Lessons, . These are based on the book "The Introduction
to the Wisdom of the Kabbalah" by Rabbi Y.Ashlag.
Bnei-Baruch Kabbalah
Home Page - The Wisdom of Kabbalah - follows the Ashlagian tradition,
based on the
Zohar, the Lurian/Hayyim Vital corpus, and
the teachings of Rabbi Ashlag. (They even have authentic Kabbalistic
music composed by Rabbi Ashlag) This is a multi-lingual site.
There is a large amount of on-line text which would have to be printed
oput for study (try reading pages of heavy material off a computer
monitor), and some really fascinating (if complex) on-line
lessons which present Lurianic teachings with the aid of diagrams.
It would probably be advisable to brush up on some Gershom Scholem to get
some readable introduction to this material. Also have a look at
the
on-line FAQs.
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