Theos-Talk Archives (August 1999 Message tt00068)

Art's approach will be very effective.

On the other hand, on the Internet, we need to have some good introductory
publication.
Recently in one of the newsgroups there was an inquiry about Theosophical
books.

Inquirer wanted to know of a good introductory book. A response was posted
telling him/her that Key to Theosophy is an excellent starting point.

...mkr

At 08:45 AM 08/28/1999 -0700, The Clan wrote:
>I think we share the same overall theosophic goals and principles Dallas,
>... I really do... What bothers me sometimes is that when we meet inquirers
>nowadays who want to know more about theosophy do we simply give them the
>Secret Doctrine to read over night?  Do we have them enter a class that
>reviews the seven races of man or understanding the etheric body?
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>My suggestion is we find out more about the seeker first... get to know
>them... introduce a few ideas and see if they have similar ones then
>proceed from there. Otherwise, most will be totally lost and will be turned
>off. There's something wrong I think in the approach of the official study
>group with its structure and requirements.
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>I think this discussion is just that... a discussion... no one is going to
>lose anything by sharing ideas even if they come from strange sources. -
>Art
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