Theos-Talk Archives (December 2004 Message tt00452)

Hello Dee,

You might find the following suggested
reading helpful in understanding H.P. Blavatsky
and Theosophy.

Two online articles that give you a concise
overview of Theosophy are as follows:

A Brief Overview of Theosophy
http://blavatskyarchives.com/santuccitheosophy.htm

Basic Ideas of Theosophy
http://blavatskyarchives.com/2scope.htm

For one good book giving an overview of
Theosophy as given by HPB and the Mahatmas,

see:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/farthingdcam.htm

And for more introductory material see:

Recommended Titles about H.P.B., the Mahatmas & Theosophy
http://blavatskyarchives.com/introductory.htm

If you have any specific questions let me know
and I'm sure other people on this list can
offer suggestions.

Daniel
BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER
http://hpb.cc


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "dee1387" <dlriver@n...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Theos-Talk,
> My friends call me Dee, living in Fayetteville, NC. I'm 31 years 
> old and I had lost myself somewhere and I have been on a mission to 
> discover me for the past year. A few months ago I discovered - or 
> finally come to terms - that one of the reasons that I'm having 
> trouble with discovering myself is that I have a form of 
> depression. But for the past year or so I've been conducting my 
> search from a spiritual perspective - and a lot of therapy sessions.
> In the past year I purchased several books such as, different 
> versions of the Bible, the Septuagint, the Gnostic Bible, books on 
> paganism, I Ching, The Idiot's Guide to World Religions, 
meditation, 
> etc. Every time I went into the book store, there was this one 
> particular 2 book volume set that, for some reason, I was drawn to 
> it. I had no idea what it was or what it was about. Finally, one 
> day after several trips to the book store, and having some sort a 
> compelling feeling towards the books every time I walked down that 
> isle, I purchased the set , The Secret Doctrine. I read the 
> introduction and part of the first chapter. That's how I 
discovered 
> that there is such a thing as Theosophy. I had a difficult time 
> understanding what H.P.B. was saying, a lot of terms were foriegn 
to 
> me so I went back to the store and bought Isis Unveiled, hoping 
that 
> will clue me in to what every thing is about. 
> So here I am, joined a group in hopes of learning more about 
> Theosophy and maybe find some folks in my area that might be 
> interested in meeting up some time.
> 
> 
> 
> Have a Happy New Year,
> Dee