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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 1618Institution-specific

Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded 1950; present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 1627Institution-specific

Community of the Beatitudes

Christian Mysticism New religious movement

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded 1973; present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 1878Varies by lineage

Réunion Maloya ancestral-ritual music tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2092Institution-specific

Community of Grandchamp

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Switzerland, France, Netherlands
Period / origin: First life commitments 1952; active in 2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSwitzerland, France, Netherlands

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Atlas 2233Institution-specific

Dhagpo Kagyu Ling

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1975–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2258Institution-specific

Shenten Dargye Ling Bön center

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: founded 2005; present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2526Scholarly / historical only

Philosophic Scottish Rite of Paris

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Late 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2531Scholarly / historical only

Elect of Truth Masonic system

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded in the late 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2532Scholarly / historical only

Clermont Chapter high-degree system

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Mid-18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2533Scholarly / historical only

Hermetic Rite of Pernety

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Late 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2534Scholarly / historical only

Rite of the Blazing Star

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2535Scholarly / historical only

Illuminated Theosophists of Chastanier

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Late 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2536Scholarly / historical only

Rite of the Philalethes

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded in the 1770s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2540Scholarly / historical only

Order of Centaine mystical society

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Organized in 1735
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2541Scholarly / historical only

Council of Emperors of the East and West

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Established in the 1750s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2542Scholarly / historical only

Primitive Rite of Narbonne

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded in 1780
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2544Scholarly / historical only

French Rite of Adoption

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th–19th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2546Scholarly / historical only

Academy of True Masons of Montpellier

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2547Scholarly / historical only

Illuminati of Avignon

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1780s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2549Scholarly / historical only

Order of the Evergetes

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Late 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2550Scholarly / historical only

Academy of Sublime Masters of the Luminous Ring

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Established in 1780
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2551Scholarly / historical only

Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at the Prieuré

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Operated in the 1920s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2552Institution-specific

Institut G. I. Gurdjieff of Paris

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Established in the mid-20th century; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 2718Institution-specific

Plum Village Monastery in France

Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1982–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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