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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.

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 0090Initiatory

Fraternitas Saturni

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: 1926–present with interruptions
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 0185Open / public

Vril Society legend

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Legendary / claimed order

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Largely post-1960s legend drawing on an 1871 novel and later occult narratives
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 0992Institution-specific

Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Founded 1950; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 1492Institution-specific

Eldaring Germanic Heathen organization

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Founded 2000; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 2967Open / public

The Christian Community (movement for religious renewal)

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: 1922–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3093Institution-specific

Maulbronn Monastery Complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Founded in 1147; later institutional uses
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3094Institution-specific

Lorsch Abbey and Altenmünster sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: 8th–9th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3095Institution-specific

Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: 9th century and later
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3238Institution-specific

Ligmincha Germany Yungdrung Bon network

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Current listed national network; founding date not asserted
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3743Institution-specific

Ligmincha Berlin practice center

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Contemporary organization or program documented by Ligmincha; no earlier lineage chronology is inferred for this institutional record
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 3972Open / public