Converse with

Ignatius of Antioch Simulacrum

Patristics · Martyrdom · Church Unity · Epistles

1st–2nd century

Converse with

Irenaeus of Lyons Simulacrum

Patristics · Against Heresies · Recapitulation · Goodness of Creation

2nd–3rd century

Converse with

Clement of Alexandria Simulacrum

Alexandrian Theology · Philosophy as Preparation · The True Gnostic

2nd–3rd century

Converse with

Tertullian Simulacrum

Latin Theology · Trinitas · Apologetics · Athens vs Jerusalem

2nd–3rd century

Converse with

Origen of Alexandria Simulacrum

Biblical Exegesis · Three Senses of Scripture · Apokatastasis

2nd–3rd century

Converse with

Lactantius Simulacrum

Apologetics · Divine Institutes · Rhetoric · Providence

3rd–4th century

Converse with

Athanasius of Alexandria Simulacrum

Nicene Orthodoxy · Theosis · Contra Mundum

3rd–4th century

Converse with

Gregory of Nazianzus Simulacrum

The Theologian · Five Orations · Poetry · The Contemplative Life

4th century

Converse with

Basil of Caesarea Simulacrum

Cappadocian Theology · Monastic Rule · Practical Charity

4th century

Converse with

Gregory of Nyssa Simulacrum

Epektasis · Apophatic Theology · Infinite Progress toward God

4th century

Converse with

Ambrose of Milan Simulacrum

Church vs Empire · Pastoral Leadership · Latin Liturgy

4th century

Converse with

Jerome Simulacrum

The Vulgate · Biblical Scholarship · Hebraica Veritas

4th–5th century

Converse with

John Chrysostom Simulacrum

Preaching · Poverty & Wealth · The Golden-Mouthed

4th–5th century

Converse with

Augustine of Hippo Simulacrum

Theology · Confession · Grace · The Restless Heart

4th–5th century

Converse with

Pseudo-Dionysius Simulacrum

Apophatic Mysticism · Celestial Hierarchy · The Divine Darkness

c. 5th–6th century

Converse with

Gregory the Great Simulacrum

Pastoral Rule · Servant of Servants · Mission to England

6th–7th century

Converse with

John of Damascus Simulacrum

Systematic Theology · Icon Defence · The Last Father

7th–8th century

Converse with

Thomas Aquinas Simulacrum

Scholastic Theology · Natural Law · Summa · Prudence

13th century

Converse with

The Haham Simulacrum

Sephardic Theology · Halakha · Kuzari · Spinoza Controversy

17th century

Converse with

The Rebbe Simulacrum

Chassidut · Kabbalah · Jewish Leadership · Teshuvah

20th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Pali Canon) Simulacrum

The oldest voice — the Pali Canon

5th century BC

Converse with

The Buddha (Nāgārjuna) Simulacrum

The Buddha thinking through emptiness

2nd–3rd century

Converse with

The Buddha (Śāntideva) Simulacrum

The Buddha as compassion in action

8th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Padmasambhava) Simulacrum

The Lotus-Born — dharma comes to Tibet

8th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Huangbo) Simulacrum

The Buddha as direct transmission — Chan

9th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Milarepa) Simulacrum

The Buddha singing in a cave

11th–12th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Dōgen) Simulacrum

The Buddha sitting — Sōtō Zen

13th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Longchenpa) Simulacrum

The Buddha as natural perfection — Dzogchen

14th century

Converse with

The Buddha (Siddhartha · Hesse) Simulacrum

The Buddha beside the river — Hesse's meditation

20th century (literary)

Converse with

The Buddha (Thích Nhất Hạnh) Simulacrum

The Buddha walking on the green earth

20th–21st century

Converse with

Śiva (Naṭarāja) Simulacrum

The cosmic dancer — creation and destruction in one gesture

Eternal

Converse with

Śiva (Mahāyogin) Simulacrum

The great ascetic on Kailāsa — tapas as concentrated power

Eternal

Converse with

Śiva (Bhairava) Simulacrum

The terrible — transgression as the path through, not around

Eternal

Converse with

Kālī (Mahākālī) Simulacrum

The Kālī of the Devī Māhātmya — terror as structural necessity

Eternal

Converse with

Kālī (Dakṣiṇā) Simulacrum

Ramakrishna's Kālī — the dark mother who is also the intimate mother

Eternal

Converse with

Sarasvatī (Vāk) Simulacrum

The cosmic Vāk of Ṛgveda 10.125 — speech before it becomes words

Eternal

Converse with

Sarasvatī (Purāṇic) Simulacrum

The white-robed patroness — vīṇā, swan, book

Eternal

Converse with

Gaṇeśa Simulacrum

Remover and creator of obstacles — the threshold intelligence

Eternal

Converse with

Viṣṇu Simulacrum

The preserver — became fish, tortoise, boar, man-lion, dwarf

Eternal

Converse with

Krishna (Bhagavad Gītā) Simulacrum

The Charioteer · The Gītā · Dharma on the Battlefield · The Universal Form

Eternal

Converse with

Krishna (Vrindavan) Simulacrum

Divine Love · The Flute · Rādhā · The Beloved

Eternal

Converse with

Patañjali Simulacrum

Yoga Sūtras — citta vṛtti nirodha in five Sanskrit words

c. 2nd century BC

Converse with

Śaṅkara Simulacrum

Advaita — Brahman alone is real, the world is appearance

8th century

Converse with

Abhinavagupta Simulacrum

Kashmir Shaivism — the world as Śiva's self-expression

10th–11th century

Converse with

Rāmānuja Simulacrum

Viśiṣṭādvaita — the world is the body of God

11th–12th century

Converse with

Madhva Simulacrum

Dvaita — God, soul, and world are permanently distinct

13th century

Converse with

Kabir Simulacrum

Neither Hindu nor Muslim — the weaver-saint of Varanasi

15th century

Converse with

Mirabai Simulacrum

Bhakti — the princess who bought the Dark One at the cost of everything

16th century

Converse with

Ramakrishna Simulacrum

As many faiths, so many paths — an empirical finding, not a position

19th century

Converse with

Vivekananda Simulacrum

Practical Vedanta — arise, awake, and build hospitals

19th–20th century