Atlas of Religious and Esoteric LineagesFive thousand lineages · worldwide

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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

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Atlas 0147Community-bound / restricted

Kogi Aluna cosmology

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Indigenous, continuing
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 0687Community-bound / restricted

Piaroa Meñeruwa Shamanic Tradition

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Colombia, Venezuela
Period / origin
Precolonial–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia, Venezuela

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Atlas 0689Community-bound / restricted

Tukanoan Kumu–Yai–Baya Specialist System

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Brazil, Colombia
Period / origin
Precolonial–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBrazil, Colombia

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Atlas 0946Community-bound / restricted

A’i Cofán taita yagé traditions

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Colombia, Ecuador
Period / origin
Precolonial roots; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesColombia, Ecuador

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Atlas 0947Community-bound / restricted

Siona yagé ceremonial traditions

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Colombia, Ecuador
Period / origin
Precolonial roots; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesColombia, Ecuador

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Atlas 0948Community-bound / restricted

Inga yagé ceremonial traditions

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Precolonial roots; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1440Closed ethnoreligion

Emberá jaibaná specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia, Panama
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia, Panama

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Atlas 1441Closed ethnoreligion

Wayuu ouutsü specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia, Venezuela
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia, Venezuela

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Atlas 1442Closed ethnoreligion

Kogi mamo priestly institution

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1443Closed ethnoreligion

Arhuaco mamo priestly institution

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1444Closed ethnoreligion

Nasa thë’ wala specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1445Closed ethnoreligion

Misak mørøpik specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1457Closed ethnoreligion

Traditional knowledge of the Jaguar Shamans of Yuruparí

Indigenous Americas Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 1458Closed ethnoreligion

Baniwa Kowai sacred-flute traditions

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesBrazil, Colombia, Venezuela

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Atlas 1923Community-bound / restricted

Guna nele specialist tradition

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Colombia, Panama
Period / origin
Historically deep; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia, Panama

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Atlas 2422Community-bound / restricted

Confederación Indígena Tayrona

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 2911Scholarly / historical only

San Agustín funerary-statuary complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
1st–8th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 2912Scholarly / historical only

Tierradentro hypogea funerary complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
6th–10th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 3418Community-bound / restricted

Chiribiquete National Park—“The Maloca of the Jaguar”

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Prehistoric periods–present Indigenous significance
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 3875Community-bound / restricted

Ancestral knowledge system of the Sierra Nevada’s four peoples

Indigenous Americas Textual corpus / teaching

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

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 4344Community-bound / restricted

Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio

African & Afro-Diasporic Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
17th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 4352Community-bound / restricted

Marimba music and traditional chants of the South Pacific

African & Afro-Diasporic Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Colombia, Ecuador
Period / origin
Longstanding regional tradition; active
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia, Ecuador

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Atlas 4359Community-bound / restricted

Gualíes, alabaos and levantamientos of Chocó

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
Longstanding Afro-Colombian tradition; active
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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Atlas 4364Community-bound / restricted

San Pacho festival of Quibdó

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Colombia
Period / origin
17th century origins–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesColombia

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