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 3451Community-bound / restricted

Saoyú-ʔehdacho National Historic Site

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 3452Scholarly / historical only

Qajartalik petroglyph and soapstone-quarry site

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: c. 2,200–1,000 years before present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 3644Open / public

The Contemplative Society

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Late 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 3707Institution-specific

Tisarana Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
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 countriesCanada

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Atlas 3968Open / public

Heathen Freehold

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Contemporary–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 3999Not applicable

Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Published 2009–present use
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4104Institution-specific

Adorers of the Precious Blood

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Canada, United States
Period / origin: 1861–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, United States

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Atlas 4121Institution-specific

Madonna House Apostolate

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: 1947–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4415Community-bound / restricted

Inuvialuit drum-dance tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral tradition–present revitalization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4434Institution-specific

Heathen Confederation of Canada

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: 2018–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4435Institution-specific

Wiccan Church of Canada

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: 1979–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4473Institution-specific

Eckhart Tolle Foundation

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Canada, United States
Period / origin: 2016–present foundation; teachings from the 1990s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, United States

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Atlas 4889Community-bound / restricted

Kameshtashtan sacred landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4890Community-bound / restricted

Meshikamau-shipu Innu travel-route tradition

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4891Community-bound / restricted

Beausoleil Island Anishinaabeg women’s ceremonies

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4892Community-bound / restricted

Old Women’s Buffalo Jump sacred landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–19th century; living heritage
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4893Community-bound / restricted

L’Anse Amour Archaic burial complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: ca. 5500 BCE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4894Community-bound / restricted

Kiix̣in Huu-ay-aht village and fortress

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–19th century; living heritage
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4895Community-bound / restricted

Cave and Basin Indigenous sacred place

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4896Community-bound / restricted

Jingle Dress Dance tradition

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada, United States
Period / origin: Early 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, United States

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Atlas 4909Community-bound / restricted

Nisg̱a’a Hoobiyee

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4913Open / public

Lac Ste. Anne Indigenous and Métis pilgrimage

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: 1889–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4941Community-bound / restricted

Contemporary ceremonial use of the Inuit qulliq

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Historical lamp use; contemporary ceremonial use documented in 2022
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 4942Community-bound / restricted

Nalujuk Night

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: Annual tradition documented in 2021
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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