Mystical Epiphany – The Lost Tale of The Magi

The Secret Story of The 'Three Wise Men' Revealed, through Alchemy, Astrology, and Art

Hello Readers, Happy Epiphany & Thank you for being here! This is one of my favorite posts I’ve written and I hope you enjoy it just as much. :)

(This original essay has a few advanced themes, if you are uninformed about the feast of The Epiphany, as the author, I would recommend you acquaint yourself by reading about it here, on Britannica, first- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epiphany. A quick skim through shall suffice.)

The Three Wise Men are the most intriguing, mysterious, and wise masculine figures in the Bible, especially in the New Testament. What carries the tales of the first pilgrims of Christ more than just a few lines in the Gospel of Matthew in Sacred Scripture, is legacy and ancient storytelling.

Although not recorded Biblically, these magi have been identified as Bithisarea, Melchior, and Gathaspa. They were not Kings as the old carol and hymn ‘We Three Kings of Orient Are’ goes, but rather were wise men almost synonymous with astrologers. There is no proof of how many visited Jesus, but legend holds 3 because of the 3 gifts (Frankincense, Gold, and Myrrh.) Magi is a Persian word for a divine priest. Since they traveled from an unknown land, or ‘East’, exploring Persia is useful to understand the origins of these diviners and how they found Christ.

Let’s look at what no one has ever told you before ~ the deep connection between Persia, Astrology, historic art and symbols used in decoding this ancient esoteric story:

It is accepted, that like the Jews, the Zoroastrians too, believed in the coming of a Messiah who would be born of a virgin and heralded by a star- which explains the Magi’s alertness toward the sky. There is a 6th century…