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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.

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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 0162Community-bound / restricted

Rainbow Serpent traditions and Aboriginal Australian songlines

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancient and continuing
Evidence status: Composite record

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0223Community-bound / restricted

Kurdaitcha and bone-pointing traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Indigenous, continuing in culturally specific forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0706Community-bound / restricted

Tiwi Kulama Ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancient/ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0707Community-bound / restricted

Tiwi Pukumani Ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancient/ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0708Community-bound / restricted

Warlpiri Kurdiji Initiation

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancient/ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0710Community-bound / restricted

Meriam Malo–Bomai Tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Lineage / school

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Precolonial–late nineteenth/early twentieth century as initiation; living cultural memory
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0961Community-bound / restricted

Yolŋu Madayin and Rom systems

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancestral and continuing
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0962Community-bound / restricted

Aṉangu Tjukurpa of the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Ancestral and continuing
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0993Institution-specific

Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Established twentieth century; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1940Community-bound / restricted

Warlpiri Jukurrpa law-and-Dreaming traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1941Community-bound / restricted

Arrernte Altyerre religious and territorial traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1942Community-bound / restricted

Yawuru Bugarrigarra law-and-country traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1943Community-bound / restricted

Noongar kaartdijin and boodjar knowledge traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Umbrella tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1944Community-bound / restricted

Gunditjmara Budj Bim ancestral-landscape traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1945Community-bound / restricted

Kulin Tanderrum welcome and diplomatic ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Historically documented; living and revitalized
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 1946Community-bound / restricted

Torres Strait Tombstone Opening ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: 19th century–present with older mortuary continuities
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2037Institution-specific

Theosophical Society in Australia

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: National section formed 1895; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2040Institution-specific

Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society in Australia

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Chartered 1922; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2043Institution-specific

Anthroposophical Society in Australia

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: National society; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2093Institution-specific

Society of the Sacred Mission

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Australia, United Kingdom, Lesotho
Period / origin: Founded 1893; limited living UK membership in 2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia, United Kingdom, Lesotho

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Atlas 2100Institution-specific

Tarrawarra Abbey

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Founded 1954; present OCSO listing
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2446Open / public

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Contemporary national ecclesial body documented through its current official pages
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2447Open / public

Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Contemporary Indigenous Christian congress documented by the Uniting Church
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2448Open / public

Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship of Australia

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Contemporary fellowship documented through its current official pages
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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