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.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Atlas 0205Initiatory

Sabbatic Craft

Pagan & Reconstructionist Lineage / school

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Late 20th century onward as a named current
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0247Open / public

Gene Keys

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
2000s onward
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0573Open / public

Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1920s–1930s/1940s
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0574Open / public

White Eagle Lodge

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
founded 1936–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0575Open / public

Catholic Apostolic Church / Irvingism

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1830s–present remnants
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0720Open / public

Share International

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1970s–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0738Not applicable

Koestler Parapsychology Unit

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1985–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0775Initiatory

Royal Order of Scotland

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Documented from 1741–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0776Initiatory

Holy Royal Arch

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography
United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin
18th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0777Initiatory

Mark Master Masonry

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography
United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin
18th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0779Initiatory

Masonic Knights Templar

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin
18th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0780Initiatory

Allied Masonic Degrees

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin
Late 19th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0781Initiatory

Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Documented modern organization from 1865–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0782Initiatory

Royal Ark Mariner degree

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
18th-century antecedents; organized forms from 19th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0784Initiatory

Order of the Secret Monitor

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
19th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0788Initiatory

Fellowship of the Rosy Cross (A. E. Waite)

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1915–20th century; later custodial continuities
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0789Scholarly / historical only

Independent and Rectified Rite of the R.R. et A.C.

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
1903–1914
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0815Scholarly / historical only

Medieval English Anchoritic Spirituality

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
12th–15th centuries; modern historical reception
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0818Open / public

World Community for Christian Meditation (John Main Tradition)

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography
Canada, United Kingdom
Period / origin
1975–present; WCCM organized from 1991
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, United Kingdom

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Atlas 0986Initiatory

Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Founded 1964; active
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0994Institution-specific

Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Established 1969; active archive and research center
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0996Institution-specific

Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Established 2019; active
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0997Institution-specific

Spiritualists’ National Union

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Founded 1901; active
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1038Scholarly / historical only

Book of Oberon manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography
United Kingdom
Period / origin
Late 16th–early 17th century manuscript
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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