Noun
a student of the Jewish Kabbalah
an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
Source: WordNetWhen I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist. Yehuda Berg
At the age of thirty-six he was granted heavenly permission to reveal himself as a great kabbalist and miracle worker. Source: Internet
This practice (referred to as shoklen in Yiddish ) is not mandatory, and in fact the kabbalist Isaac Luria felt that it should not be done. Source: Internet