The Great Spring
Every spring flows into one river. Lay the ideas, practices, and sages of all the world’s wisdom traditions on a single map — choose as many as you like, from any tradition — and watch where they were born and how they traveled, together.
8 traditions · 2,609 ideas & practices · 2,167 sages
You’re tracing the life of Plato across the ancient world — each pin a city where they lived or taught. Click any pin, then “Who else was alive then?” to light up everyone living at the same moment, across every tradition. Or below.
Tap any pin for detailsdashed lines trace a life or idea across time
Add your own sages & ideas
Mix and match across every tradition — each one you add lights up the map above in its own color. Start fast with a founder, or search the full collections below.
Trace the life-journeys of Jewish teachers — pick as many as you like.
Watch Jewish ideas and practices spread across place and time.
Tales from the springs
Every tradition remembers itself in story. Wander the legends, the lives, and the marvels of each spring.
The legends of the sages — midrash and aggadah, and the tales of the tzaddikim.
Search the storiesThe myths of the gods, the lives of the philosophers, and the marvels of antiquity.
Search the storiesThe Jātaka tales and the lives of the Buddha and the awakened masters.
Search the storiesThe acts of the martyrs, the desert fathers, and the lives of the saints.
Search the storiesThe Sīra, the hadith, and the tales of the friends of God.
Search the storiesThe Upaniṣadic dialogues, the epics and Purāṇas, and the lives of the ācāryas.
Search the storiesThe deluge and the descent, the deeds of gods and god-kings, and the oldest stories ever written.
Search the storiesThe contendings of Horus and Seth, the journey through the Duat, and the wisdom of the scribes.
Search the stories