Reply To: The World To Come and Gilgulim

HaLeiVi: I was very, very Medakdek with the Lashon I used. I think Pashut P’shat is that there were traditions from R’ Shimon Bar Yochai which R’ Moshe De Leon was privy to. I think most agree that, Milah B’milah, the Zohar is his and not R’ Shimon’s, even if it wholly represents Shittas R’ Shimon. Thus, there shouldn’t be surprise when earlier Rishonim have access to some of those Kabbalistic traditions.