According to Bulgakov, the precondition for the Incarnation is the original identity between the Divine “I” of the Logos and the human “I,” an identity that does not exclude an essential difference between them. This identity consists in the relation of the image to the Proto-Image. The human hypostatic spirit has an uncreated divine origin from God’s breath. Through his spirit, man communes with the divine essence and is capable of being deified. Man is not only man, but also—potentially—a god-man.