the parable

So the diary of Tom Riddle is a hexed, magically empowered, horcrux that can manifest another ontological instantiation of Voldemort from a past prior stage.

• It is authored by Tom Riddle in the past
• it is a faithful witness representation of Tom Riddle from the past for present audienceship
• it is endowed with the mystical, unseen means to engage with present audiences through the medium of presently working, incessantly working, magic
• it is both authored and maintained by magical power as a counter measure to death; specifically the power of death to put away or silence the witnesshood/witness role of the author.
• discounter measure to death provides a bridge from the past witness to be able to communicate to the present audience who would seek or consult the testimony of that witness

notes

• something like a pre-recorded hologram that can be interacted with beyond contemporaneous authorship of the pre-recording ( circa hologram Rick in Rick and Morty )