The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“They called themselves Keepers without claiming an unbroken institution historians could document. The name meant they accepted the oath: truth over tribe, protection of strangers, repair of harm, and correction of authority.”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Magi remained known as Iranian priestly specialists, though their exact institutions and beliefs varied across time and place.
Parisa, Ardeshir, Mehrdad, and their archive are fictional; they are not claimed as Matthew's historical Magi.