MAGA/ Magus/ Magi/ Magick
Hat tip @AnonymousSage1 for the great find and inspiration for this thread. https://twitter.com/FurorRises/status/1246834800863752193?s=19

In India, there was/is a group known as Maga. They are Zoroastrian priests, also known as Bhojaka or Shakadvipi Brahmans. Many migrated to India around 637 as Islam swept Persia.
They built temples and worshipped the Sun god Mitra (Mithra).

I feel we should do some background so those reading can see the massive overlaps between the dots we're connecting.
Here is a crash course in Zoroaster.
>Persian
>huge impact on all religions
>ancient, BC

Zoroaster (Zarathustra) supposedly instructed Pythagoras in Babylon and inspired the Chaldean doctrines of astrology and magic.
Christian's identify Zoroaster with Ezekiel, Nimrod, Seth, Balaam, Baruch, and even Jesus himself.

Now we'll connect that to the Magi of the Bible.
The term Magi is Persian in origin; and is also the plural of Magus. The descriptions given suggest the Three Wise Men were Zoroastrian priests from Persia.

Some interesting finds- the Bible also says the Magi were "astrologers, star gazers, and monthly prognosticators."
The prophet Daniel was considered a chief Magi. There are theories the Magi were occult magicians and sorcerers.

Recent discoveries reveal the presence of MAGA Brahmans in India in 3000 BC- for temporal context, this era is the beginning of the reign of the Egyptian pharaohs.

The Mags built megaliths "as observatories to study the transits of the Sun and... also the Moon and of certain constellations with the assistance of PRECISELY POSITIONED STONES."

Where have we heard all this before?
Freemasonry.
It appears the MAGA may have been ancient purveyors of knowledge and esoteria that are the basis for the Lodge.
Freemasonry has origins in the Middle East... but the Masons as we know them didn't happen until WAY later.

So between 3000 BC and 637 AD, we have the existence of the Maga priests in India. In the 2nd Century, Ptolemy vouched for their existence in other regions.

"References to the Magas in inscriptions show that they completely amalgamated themshelves with the Hindus by adopting Indian names, manners and customs, and except for the accidental mention of the term Maga, it is impossible for us to distinguish them as foreigners."

The religions of the Indo-Aryan (Iran/India) peoples come from the Avestas and the Vedas- both exhibit polytheism with the same gods, the cult of fire, and sacrifice.
Polytheism
Fire
Sacrifice
Astrology
Astronomy
Stones

Once in India and through to this day, descendants of the Maga practice astrology, foretelling, divination, sun worship, and planetary deities.