There are thousands of human Immortals (called Dragons) on the Earth, accumulating virtue so that they may make the Crossing (to Eternity). There are five classes of Immortals. Ghost Immortals can communicate spiritually and can subsist for a long time (when they lose their Way and begin subsisting off the energy of the living, they become vampires). Human Immortals are like others, except that they can avoid illness and live extremely long lives. Earth Immortals do not need to eat or shelter from the elements, but they cannot yet project the Spirit. Spiritual Immortals have supernatural powers and can dissolve into energy and solidify back into the physical form. Celestial Immortals can leave our world to enter directly into spiritual realms and return. What marks all of these Immortals is their need to achieve further purification before they can permanently leave the Earth. Lesser Immortals (the norm) shed their bodies and project their Spirit into Eternity, while the greater Path is to seek further Work to transform the physical body as well.

The term 'messiah' is a reference to the Dragon. The word actually comes from the Egyptian and means 'crocodile,' a beast often considered an earthly representative of the Dragon. Egyptian Pharoahs were anointed with crocodile fat when they ascended the throne to indicate that they would be fierce and fearless like the crocodile in protecting their people from enemies; thus, 'messiah' became one of the titles of Pharoah. When the Jews were in captivity in Egypt, they borrowed the word to refer to their prophesied future king. Later, those Jews who followed Jesus appropriated the term to refer to their spiritual king, Jesus. Since many ancient peoples, including the Chinese, Indians and Babylonians, all used the term 'Dragon' to refer to wise men with spiritual powers, it was ironically quite appropriate to refer to Jesus as a Dragon (Messiah).

"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."