From a reader:

Jonah,
In the April 7 issue of NRODT, your article “The Limits Of Hope” references the philosopher Eric Voegelin. I have not heard of him before, but his ideas sound fascinating and I would like to read some of his writing for myself. Well, after searching Amazon for “Eric Voegelin,” it seems the man was a prodigious writer. I don’t where to begin.
What works of his did you reference for your article? Or, what works would you recommend as a starting point?Thanks,

Me: First, I should be very clear: I am not an expert on Voegelin. I have not read most of his writings. For they are numerous and often very, very, difficult. I have read a bunch of the stuff that I found I had to read for my book. But rather than suggest this or that book or essay, I think a great and very useful place to start would be Michael Federici’s excellent book Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order (published by the indispensable ISI books). It is very accessible while at the same time being faithful to Voegelin’s work — as best I can tell at least. It even has a glossary of Voegelin’s most important-yet-esoteric terms. It made reading the primary sources a lot easier, for me at least.

Also, if you have access to NR Digital, you could look up lots and lots of articles about Voegelin and his work in back issues of NR.