Just so difficult to perceive is the line between truly spiritual wisdom and the higher aspects of that lower relative knowledge of science and theology. It is a mixture of activity, but action ultimately must become absolutely purified. The outer world is the reflection of the inner. Man's mental activities in regard to his intellectual surroundings are the projection of the unseen activities proceeding on the battlefield where the great war between his spiritual and animal natures is under decision. Just as the elemental forces of the human being continually tear down, pervert or destroy and dissipate his own spiritual striving and aspirations, so in the outer world these disintegrative forces are represented by the will to tear down, to partition, destroy and dissipate the Ancient Science.
Men have nothing to fear from the outside.
The true enemies of their higher selves are the internal forces of their natures. The most potential enemies of Theosophy are those who, sincerely believing, carry into their relationships with it their own internal chaotic condition, seeking to force it into compromise with the lower knowledge as they compromise with their own animal selves. The Higher Self in man does not exist as a source of supply or a means of delectation for his animal self. Its purpose is complete subjugation, purification, control and spiritualization of that lower self. The purpose of Theosophy in the world is not that it be used as an intellectual gratification for speculators, not as a means on the part of the intellectualist of attaining personal knowledge devoid of interest in the welfare of humanity, not as a means of gratifying the emotional natures of the religious-minded.