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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 0971Community-bound / restricted

Pohnpeian sakau ceremonial tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Long-standing; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 0972Community-bound / restricted

Chuukese spirit-medium and possession traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Precontact roots; twentieth-century documentation to present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 1954Community-bound / restricted

Carolinian wayfinding and canoe-making tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Lineage / school

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

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 1955Community-bound / restricted

Yapese sawei ceremonial-exchange system

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Historically documented; transformed living memory
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 1956Community-bound / restricted

Pohnpeian Nahnmwarki sacred-chieftainship tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 2444Varies by lineage

Micronesian Voyaging Society

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Contemporary nonprofit voyaging organization documented through its official page
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 2451Initiatory

Weriyeng navigation school lineage

Oceanian & Circumpolar Lineage / school

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Historically documented Micronesian navigation lineage with modern authorized teaching described by the source
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 2930Scholarly / historical only

Nan Madol ceremonial center

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: 1200–1500 CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 4950Community-bound / restricted

Yapese faluw institution

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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Atlas 4951Community-bound / restricted

Chuukese itang sung-history tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography: Micronesia
Period / origin: Historically documented–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMicronesia

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