Tribal, welcome to the forum. Reloading can be a lot of fun, relaxing as well as lucrative. Although I started out as most to save a little money it quickly became a sport unto itself. I was casting bullets, developing loads and basicly having a great time. Got to shoot so I could reload more, so it goes with many.
To start you must book learn. It is a safe hobby if you learn the basics and practice safety, both in your reloading procedures and in your general reloading environment. Eliminating distractions when it is time to prime and powder the cases, no open flames, cigarettes - that type of thing. I recommend the Lyman reloading manual. It has the first sections explaining everything you need to know about reloading, the powders, shells, and has good basic info about the charge weights and bullets. Although it leans toward lead bullets there are plenty of jacketed info included.
Don't just rush in to buying equipment until you have decided what you want to reload for, and how best to achieve your reloading goal. You can get plenty of practice with even the basic sets. Start out with a solid press, dies, accurate scale and powder measure. Obtain the cases and componets, powders bullets, primers best suited to your goals. All can be done a little at a time. Too bad you don't have someone close by that can give you some hands on experience. That is always the best learning tool.