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.

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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 0924Varies by lineage

Akan abosom shrine traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana
Period / origin: Precolonial to present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire, Ghana

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Atlas 1892Community-bound / restricted

Guro Zaouli mask, music and dance tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire
Period / origin: 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire

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Atlas 1893Community-bound / restricted

Tagbana Gbofe trumpet and ceremonial-music tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire
Period / origin: Historically documented; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire

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Atlas 3848Community-bound / restricted

Dan Deangle mask-spirit tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire, Liberia

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Atlas 3849Community-bound / restricted

Senufo Kafigeledjo oracle practice

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire

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Atlas 3860Community-bound / restricted

Senufo kuumo–deguele funerary rite

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire

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Atlas 3863Community-bound / restricted

Senufo nookaariga Noo mask tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire

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Atlas 4838Open / public

Harrist Church

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia
Period / origin: 1910s–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesCôte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia

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Atlas 4855Initiatory

Bamana Kònò power association

African & Afro-Diasporic Order / organization

Public geography: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali
Period / origin: 19th–mid-20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesBurkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali

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