Theos-Talk Archives (August 2007 Message tt00259)

Hi, Jane:

Key to Theosophy by HPB which is available on-line. It is an FAQ, par
excellent. Hope it helps.

mkr

On 8/13/07, Jane Lucienne <jane_lucienne@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dear M -
>
> Thank you for the warm welcome and tips. So far I'm swimming in familiar
> waters as concerns names and events but am not well read in the works. What
> would you recommend as a FIRST "must-read"?
>
> ~ Jane
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: M K Ramadoss <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:11:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Introducing Myself
>
> Hi, Jane; Welcome to the list.
>
> This is an unmoderated (uncensored) list and hence it has an inherent
> value
> to all of us.
> As you will see, both with current posts and those in archive, the topics
> are very wide ranging and sometimes the exchanges are emotion charged.
> Just
> be patient for some time and then you will see how the discussion flow.
>
> If you have not already found out, most of the theosophical writings are
> available on-line for free. So you can pick and choose to download what
> interests you and familiarize with the various authors. Feel free to post
> any msg you like and surely there would be responses from many of the
> participants.
>
> mkr
>
> On 8/10/07, Jane Lucienne <jane_lucienne@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings, Friends :-)
> >
> > You will probably all be delighted to hear that Theosophy is a subject I
> > have much to learn about and that I probably have virtually nothing to
> > contribute to discussion threads except queries and probes for deeper
> > understanding, if that.
> >
> > I consider myself to be spiritually eclectic and am constantly trolling
> > the waters in search of signs of intelligent life after work. I have
> been on
> > a self-study path, exploring a variety of occult and mysticism topics,
> > becoming familiar in a general way with Theosophy, since 1970.
> >
> > What got me started on my path was a correspondence course in astrology
> > from the Rosicrucian Fellowship and my first deck of tarot cards
> > (Rider-Waite) , progressing to the Thoth Tarot (Crowley-Harris) , and
> > subsequently exploring the differences in philosophy of the four most
> > popular tarot deck authors who based their decks on the western kabalah.
> > This led me to inquire into the history of tarot and specifically the
> > spiritual-political movements of the time, ascended masters, and a lot
> of
> > other stuff including religions and cultures of the world.
> >
> > I still use the Qabalistic Tarot for path working. But to this day I
> > probably cannot carry on an intelligent conversation about astrology
> because
> > nobody shares a common frame of reference with me since I have such a
> > negative visceral response to astrology in the forms it has come to
> take.
> > After inquiring into as many astrology systems as I could find to
> compare
> > (why are there so many?) I finally settled on none of them, (re)turning
> to
> > the real sky and indeed the whole of the Universe as the tap root of a
> > hybrid system of my own (rogue that I am). I don't have a "practice" of
> any
> > sort. I work for a living. And I dabble :-)
> >
> > I am enjoying this list and have a great appreciation for all of your
> > wonderful posts. Thank you.
> >
> > ~ Jane
> >
> > "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
> > song." ~ Maya Angelou
> >
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