296. Naturally, just the same applies to terrestrial man's outbursts of temper which in actual fact are but the last vestiges of his condition as a beast of prey.
      While the explosive energies in the consciousness or mentality of a beast of prey are the chief factors of its life, for a human being they are pure poison on account of the fact that his mentality, or psyche, is of a much more developed and refined state than that of animals. This more refined psyche has refined the physical body, purified the blood and made the nervous system extremely delicate and sensitive. An organism of this kind cannot endure many outbursts of temper or fits of rage without being seriously poisoned. Eventually mental phenomena of this kind cannot avoid becoming an undermining strain on the functioning of the heart. Indeed, to the micro-world within the organism of a terrestrial person, these fits of anger are pure "bomb explosions" having such a destructive effect on both body and soul that they are, so to speak, the "root of all evil". The purpose of "cosmic chemistry" is to establish a knowledge of this "root".
      This "root" not only forms the basis for everything that comes into the concept of the "animal kingdom" – in other words the "killing principle" which is in reality the life-principle of that kingdom and therefore must be considered as natural to it – but it is also the root of all terrestrial man's misery and must be considered as less natural in those zones where, to a great extent, he has enough intelligence to be able to control it. Nevertheless, because of habitual attitudes, fear of breaking with old traditions, dogmas and customs and fear of "public opinion" he succumbs to the "killing principle" and on practically all occasions is its obedient servant.
      It is, of course, obvious that terrestrial man will be subject to an erroneous and unnatural fate in a zone where he handles vital energies irresponsibly and with great carelessness, energies with which he will create his own destiny, life and existence. As a guideline or recipe for dealing with fate-energies he takes for the most part the opinions, traditions, dogmas, customs and practices of ignorant and more or less superstitious people rather than the scientific values revealed through Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount and which, through centuries, have been proclaimed to millions of people as the correct constellations of cosmic energies for building up a truly happy fate. Imagine bringing such recklessness in handling energies or chemicals into a pharmacy! Supposing scientific instructions and prescriptions were not observed but dangerous chemicals were often mixed according to the notions, conjectures and superstitions of all kinds of ignorant quacks; shouldn't one then expect, in the majority of cases, that the chemical mixtures arrived at would be far from a medicine for sick people? One cannot deny that it would rather prove to be a sure basis for destroying people's entire health and bodily welfare.