Its a more complex version of the same thing - various forces are at war within us all, we must reconcile these forces and subordinate them to Will. By self-transformation, we are talking of becoming a being of pure Will, that has subordinated natural human desires and urges.
For example, within all human beings are both the desire to love and to hate. Simply suppressing love or hate inflames its opposite - instead, they must be reconciled and subordinated to the Will, as the Zzaburi becomes controlled by Will.
I agree that the Zzaburi are intent on developing their Will - - but I think that basic concept should be developed. The Zzaburi mysticism is not separate to their sorcerous practice, so it will be tied in with a sorcerous conception of the otherworld, one with some superficial similarities to a Kaballah based one (or even more similarities to a later Western Esoteric tradition one that combines Kaballah, Tarot, and anything else they can fit in).
>IIRC Kaballah sees the cosmos in essentially human terms (ie
>crown, head etc) which would be rather inappropriate for the
>Zzaburi in general with their view of God as impersonal.
Kaballah sees the forces of the cosmos as being reflected within the microcosm of the human, not the other way around. Thats a fairly big misconception of the Kaballah world view. The Sephiroth are no more specifically human terms than, say, the ten Power runes.
Still, the idea of an impersonal god was part of what I was getting at when I discussed the Western Esoteric/ Golden Dawn (who see the magicians will as the ultimate) vs the traditional Jewish Kabballa (who see the magician only as a conduit for the will of the divine). The Golden Dawn approach to the Kabbala is certainly compatible with both an impersonal conception of god, and a mystic approach.
Cheers David ------------------------------
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