Theos-Talk Archives (November 2001 Message tt00518)

To Anyone Who Can Help:

I've been reading the posts and following the links provided, but as 
I am very new to Theosophy I can't seem to wrap my mind around most 
of it and would like to ask for some guidance from the group as to 
where is the best place to begin. There are so many books on the 
subject but one can't read all of them at once and I do believe in 
order to be able to comprehend fully everything there must be a 
preferred starting place. Although I am quite familiar with the 
ancient philosophers, it's been awhile since I read their works and 
am afraid I've forgotten much of it; however, like languages, I 
believe if I am guided to a beginning much of it will return to me 
piecemeal. So, please, if one of you would kindly suggest a few good 
books to get me rolling I would be most appreciative. Perhaps a 
good "glossary" would be in order as well, as some of the terms I've 
read here are quite unfamiliar to me. I must admit I've not gone 
through the entire message list because I thought that would be 
rather useless until I had a substantial foundation.

Hoku