Hello99 to ME: “I am shocked by your rant against the “kabbalistic bandwagon”. Are you aware that the Magan Avraham and many other Gedolei HaAchronim quote extensively from kisvei haArizal and their words are nearly unanimously accepted by all Ashkenazi Jews and have been for many hundreds of years.”
Nowhere in those Acharonim is the stipulation that you must follow their words. Obviously, one who comprehends the spirit of the Kabbalistic suggestion, can then incorporate its practice in his daily life. But those who practise a mode of behaviour that has no explanation, except Kabbalistic, to which they are not privy, are merely fooling themselves into thinking that they are doing like the Ari HaKadosh.