The Three Wise Men

I've always preferred T.S. Eliot's take on this, full of cynicism and despair. His "Journey of the Magi" is reproduced below. A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The was deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter." And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling And running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires gong out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty, and charging high prices.: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With ... Read more

Not wise, but spirit struck to seek the King and honor him. We don't consider Lemmings stupid for following each others hysteria over a cliff, right?

I can not think of anything more famous in Famous Trios than these men visiting the Baby Jesus. Enough Said!~

An unknown number (the Bible doesn't give specifics) of "Magi" (so named by the Persians and Brahmins) are led from their eastern regions to Jerusalem by a "star" (which was likely just the astrological massing of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn on February 20th, 6 B.C.E.). Guided by Yahweh, the lads STILL had to stop for directions in Matthew 2:1-8 (something most guys wouldn't do with a gun stuck in their ribs); they make some out-of-character allusions as to the birth of a Jewish king, then get a map to Bethlehem from Herod; the "star" stops over Mary and Joseph's house, where the boys unload their goodies and spill the beans of their stopover at Herod's place (where they no doubt saw his panicked reaction to their inquiries); knowing how superstitious rulers were about ANYTHING being prophesied during those times, Joseph and company packed grips and lit out for Egypt until the suspected heat died down (but not before cluing the Magi into the idea that Herod might not be too pleased with ... Read more

Of course,you cannot find 3 wise men in Washington.

Very wise, when you consider what they were seeking.

Better than 3 blind mice. Can you imagine the 3 Wise Men, stumbling around, clueless and confused? Back then you couldn't make things out on Yahoo.

they left home to follow the star ro find the Lord. what more could be greater?