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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 0113Closed ethnoreligion

Yazidi religious tradition and Tawûsê Melek devotion

Christian Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Armenia, Iraq, Syria, Türkiye
Period / origin: medieval formation–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesArmenia, Iraq, Syria +1

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Atlas 0981Institution-specific

Arordineri Ukht (Children of Ara)

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: Founded 1991; active in the post-Soviet period
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesArmenia

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Atlas 0983Open / public

Armenian Hetanism revival

Pagan & Reconstructionist Revival / reconstruction

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: Organized revival from the late twentieth century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesArmenia

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Atlas 2610Institution-specific

Geghard Monastery and Upper Azat sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: Medieval complex with elements dated from the 4th–13th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesArmenia

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Atlas 3081Institution-specific

Haghpat Monastery

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: Founded in the 10th century; later additions
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesArmenia

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Atlas 3082Institution-specific

Sanahin Monastery

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: Founded in the 10th century; later additions
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesArmenia

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Atlas 3084Institution-specific

Churches of Echmiatsin and Zvartnots sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Armenia
Period / origin: 4th–7th centuries with later rebuilding
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesArmenia

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