Esoteric Doctrines Must Be Spread Step by Step, Not Suddenly

“In common with many, you blame us for our great secrecy. Yet we know something of human nature for the experience of long centuries — aye, ages — has taught us. And, we know, that so long as science has anything to learn, and a shadow of religious dogmatism lingers in the hearts of the multitudes, the world’s prejudices have to be conquered step by step, not at a rush.” (K.H. In T. Baker, editor. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, L. 1, p. 3; emphasis added)