Couple’s success spreading kabbalah yields to discord, tax probe: Philip and Karen Berg, founders of the L.A.-based Kabbalah Centre, set out to make secret Jewish mysticism available to the public. But former followers are now critics, and the IRS is investigating.

Stay tuned for Part Two on Tuesday.

Photo: The book “Practical Kabbalah” is displayed at the “Angels and Demons, Jewish Magic through the Ages” exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Credit: Gali Tibbon / Getty Images

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