A living reference atlas

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 2469Institution-specific

Victorian Spiritualists’ Union

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2476Institution-specific

Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Documented contemporary research institution or program
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2488Institution-specific

Psychae Institute

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Documented contemporary research institution or program
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2722Institution-specific

Nan Tien Temple

Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: 1995–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2934Community-bound / restricted

Uluru Aṉangu sacred landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 2935Community-bound / restricted

Kata Tjuta Aṉangu sacred landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3130Scholarly / historical only

Guide to Practical ʿIrfān teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Australia, Iran
Period / origin: Contemporary
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia, Iran

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Atlas 3425Community-bound / restricted

Murujuga Cultural Landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: At least 50,000 years–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3426Community-bound / restricted

Kakadu National Park Aboriginal rock-art and sacred landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Deep time–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3427Community-bound / restricted

Willandra Lakes Region ancestral landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: At least 40,000 years–present descendant significance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3428Community-bound / restricted

Tasmanian Wilderness Aboriginal cave heritage

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Late Pleistocene–present living Aboriginal cultural significance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3429Community-bound / restricted

Koonalda Cave

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Pleistocene period–present Mirning significance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3430Community-bound / restricted

Quinkan Country

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: At least 34,000 years–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3431Community-bound / restricted

Mutawintji Historic Site

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Long-standing–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3432Community-bound / restricted

Mount Grenfell Historic Site

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Long-standing–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3433Community-bound / restricted

Baiame’s Ngunnhu / Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3434Community-bound / restricted

Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park cultural landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3435Community-bound / restricted

Grampians (Gariwerd) Aboriginal cultural landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Deep time–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3709Institution-specific

Buddha Bodhivana Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Contemporary institution documented by its official or lineage-network website; precise founding date not asserted unless the source page itself supplies it
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 3956Varies by lineage