title: The Magi: From Zoroaster to the "Three Wise Men"
author:  Ken R. Vincent 
description: Ken Vincent holds an Ed.D. from the University of Northern Colorado and teaches psychology and psychology of religion at Houston Community College. He has studied Zoroaster since his youth and is a respected friend of the Houston Zoroastrian community.
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  # The Third Wise Man
  
  
  Nik Vincent
  
  
  ‘I, Brother Constantine, son of Ithaka, veteran of the Iron Snakes Chapter,
  prostrate myself before you. I yield this pair of lances, honed on the
  whetstone of Lazaretto, tested in the wild waters of our mother world, blooded
  on the leviathan water-wyrm of our boyhood dreams, whose skin I also yield.
  
  
  ‘I yield these three symbols of my brotherhood in good faith and fealty. I
  offer my utter obeisance, and I beg the indulgence of my superiors, my
  captains, to confer the honour of Chaplain upon your supplicant and servant.’
  
  
  ‘You dare to come before us, a supplicant?’ asked Brother-Captain Didymos.
  ‘You, who lost three men on the Undertaking to Manolis?’
  
  
  ‘I bear the grievous pain of the loss of my squad-brothers, from that 