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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 0695Community-bound / restricted

Tuka Movement

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Fiji
Period / origin: Late nineteenth–twentieth centuries; later legacies
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFiji

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Atlas 0709Community-bound / restricted

Beqa Sawau Vilavilairevo Firewalking

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Fiji
Period / origin: Precolonial/oral-historical roots–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFiji

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Atlas 0970Community-bound / restricted

Fijian bete priestly traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography: Fiji
Period / origin: Precontact to present in transformed forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFiji

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Atlas 1472Community-bound / restricted

Fijian yaqona ceremonial traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesFiji

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Atlas 1473Community-bound / restricted

Rotuman mamasa welcoming ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Fiji
Period / origin: Historically documented; living and adapted
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFiji

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Atlas 1951Community-bound / restricted

Fijian meke composition and ceremonial-performance tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Lineage / school

Public geography: Fiji
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFiji

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