Theos-Talk Archives (October 1993 Message tl00075)

to Brenda Tucker -

     <your msg 23-Sep-93>

     Thanks for news about the new study group in San Diego.  I'm
     always interested in activities of other TS groups and what they
     select for study.  I hadn't heard about Spierenburg's compilation
     of books.  Your summary introduction of his THE INNER GROUP
     TEACHINGS OF H. P. BLAVATSKY was intriguing.  I must get a copy
     and read the full text.  What has been your group's experience
     with the material so far?

     <What are other people reading? Or is the list too long?>  At the
     Oakland Branch, we have a continuing study group meeting Monday
     evenings for 1 1/2 hours.  We are reading together and discussing
     THE MAHATMA LETTERS TO A. P. SINNETT, with supplemental reading
     in READERS GUIDE TO THE MAHATMA LETTERS TO A. P. SINNETT, com-
     piled and edited by George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson.  We
     have been studying together for approximately 2 years and are
     approximately 75% through the book, progressing in chronological
     order following the order described in the GUIDE.  It is amazing
     what interpretations and insights emerge from a group dynamic
     contrasted with one's reading on one's own.

     <Occult Chemistry.  Well, this is a topic I was very pleased to
     see.  Fractals, too.  I hope we haven't forgotten the content of
     some of the first letters on the board.>  I may have jumped in
     way over my head by mentioning this as a study interest.  I am
     interested in science in a general way, but my education and
     paid-employment life's experience have been in a completely
     unrelated field, the art of business management and accounting.
     I wouldn't know a fractal if I met one on the road.  And,
     although I have a generally hazy idea about scientific method, I
     am not knowledgeable about the technicalities of any specific
     scientific discipline.  So my interest in the TS 3rd object will
     remain a frustration until I become a scientist in some future
     life.

     I enjoy your comments; well written and easily understood.

to Eldon Tucker -

     <your msg 27-Sep-93, subject:  behind the smoke><I would like to
     comment on everything that was going on, if only there were more
     time!!!>  I resonate very strongly with this thought.  How fortu-
     nate that such a literate and creative group of writers and
     thinkers has been attracted to this study group.  While I can't
     begin to become engaged in every topic and thrust of meaning
     expressed, I am learning more (as a matter of insight growing out
     of the discussions) than any other TS activity with which I have
     ever been involved.

     <There are some very profound teachings in Purucker's writings,
     and I've found them to provide me with some valuable keys to
     understanding Theosophy.>  I just want add my own endorsement of
     P's writings to yours.  I participated in the Oakland Branch
     study group study of P's FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY,
     and we developed a high level of respect for his contribution to
     theosophic thought.  From that exposure, we discovered his OCCULT
     GLOSSARY and now use it regularly along with HPB's THEOSOPHICAL
     GLOSSARY.

     Peace -

               Leonard Cole