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Tag-MehirTzedek:
I was referring to the times the Shulhan Aruch goes with the Kabbalists (inflenced the halahic rulings)

 "Rabbi Yosef Karo had some kabbalistic influence.  (Although I can't point to the places in the Shulchan Aruch where this influence shows up.) "

 Soo I brought 2 examples off my head, I'm sure their are more.

edu:
Chatam/Chasam Sofer's attitude towards the Zohar is based on Rabbi Yaakov Emden {or Emdeen's) book on the subject.
Rabbi Emden/Emdeen's view from what I am told by others, is that the Zohar contains many valuable ideas that have to be taken into consideration. He just denies that most of it is from Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

The idea that different names of G-d can help bestow various influences in the world is a very old one in Judaism.
It is found in the Talmud and I contend if interpreted correctly in the Tanakh itself.

Mishna Brura indeed on the first Halacha in Shulchan Aruch states that concentrating on the Hebrew name Of G-d Yud_kay_vav_kay {I am not providing the Hebrew spelling here intentionally} together with special vowel signs under the first 3 letters, will help improve a person's fear of Heaven.
I have a friend that said to me that one of the things that brought him closer to Judaism, was by meditating on specific names of G-d and following some other medidation ideas that he found in a book by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan.

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