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Excellent. Here’s an expanded table that includes Western non-dual philosophies and modern idealist interpretations, alongside Eastern theistic and non-theistic non-dualisms. The focus remains on the primacy of consciousness and how each school addresses the nature of self, reality, and divinity.

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Primacy of Consciousness in Non-Dual Philosophy: Theistic vs Non-Theistic + Western/Modern Extensions

Tradition / Thinker	Type	Primacy of Consciousness?	God / Divine Principle	View of Self / Subject	World View	Key Teaching / Phrase
Advaita Vedanta (Shankara)	Theistic Non-Dual (Hindu)	Yes – Brahman = Consciousness	Impersonal Brahman, Sat-Chit-Ananda	Ātman = Brahman; Self is eternal, real	World is Māyā (illusion, appearance)	“Tat Tvam Asi” – You are That
Kashmir Shaivism	Theistic Non-Dual (Hindu)	Yes – Universal Consciousness (Shiva)	Shiva = Divine, creative, aware	Self is a dynamic, divine expression of Shiva	Real, divine play (Lila)	“Pratyabhijna” – Recognition of one’s divine nature
Sufi Non-Dualism (Ibn Arabi)	Theistic Non-Dual (Islamic)	Yes – God as the only Real Being	God is the only Existence (Wujud)	Self is a mirror of Divine Consciousness	Apparent multiplicity, Real is One	“La ilaha illa Allah” – No god but God
Madhyamaka (Nāgārjuna)	Non-Theistic Non-Dual (Buddhist)	Yes – Emptiness = awareness is empty	No ultimate God; all is dependently arisen	No fixed self; self is a conventional designation	All phenomena are empty (śūnya)	“Form is emptiness; emptiness is form”
Dzogchen (Tibetan Buddhism)	Non-Theistic Non-Dual	Yes – Rigpa = primordial awareness	No deity; pure awareness as ground	No ego-self, but luminous awareness is real	Spontaneous, self-liberated appearance	“Recognize rigpa – naked awareness”
Zen Buddhism	Non-Theistic Non-Dual	Yes – direct, non-conceptual awareness	No God; direct experience emphasized	Self is illusory; true self is No-Self	Mind and world arise together	“The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon”
Plotinus (Neoplatonism)	Theistic-Platonic Non-Dual	Yes – The One as source of being and awareness	The One = ineffable, transcendent Unity	Soul emanates from the One; seeks reunion	World is a descending hierarchy of reality	“The One is beyond being and knowing”
Spinoza	Pantheistic / Monistic	Yes – God = Nature = Consciousness	God is infinite substance with thought	Mind and body are modes of one substance	One infinite substance, seen in modes	“Deus sive Natura” – God or Nature
German Idealism (Schelling, Hegel)	Theistic / Absolutist Non-Dual	Yes – Absolute Spirit unfolds itself	Absolute = self-developing consciousness	Self is part of Absolute Spirit’s dialectic	History = unfolding of Spirit	“The real is the rational” (Hegel)
Bernardo Kastrup (Modern Idealism)	Non-Theistic / Idealist	Yes – Consciousness is all there is	No personal God; universal mind	Individual minds = alters of one Mind	World is mental activity of consciousness	“The world is in consciousness, not consciousness in the world”
Donald Hoffman (Interface Theory)	Non-Theistic Constructivist	Yes – Conscious agents model reality	Not explicitly God; structure of mind	Self = conscious agent; space-time is a user interface	World is a virtual representation	“Reality is nothing like what we perceive”

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Key Comparisons:

Dimension	Theistic Non-Dual	Non-Theistic Non-Dual	Modern / Western Non-Dual
Consciousness	Divine, infinite, often personal	Impersonal, luminous, or empty	Fundamental, impersonal (Kastrup), or structured (Hoffman)
Self	Ultimately divine (Atman = Brahman)	Illusory or luminous non-self	Fragment of universal mind or Absolute
World	Appearance of divine play or illusion	Empty, dependent co-arising	Interface of consciousness or expression of the One
God / Ultimate	Real and conscious (Shiva, Brahman)	Not a being; emptiness or nature of mind	Sometimes real (The One, Absolute); sometimes rejected
Liberation	Union with God/Self	Realization of emptiness / awareness	Realization of non-duality of mind and world

Would you like a visual Venn diagram of these views or a poster-style chart for easy reference?