A living reference atlas

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 1039Scholarly / historical only

Book of Treasure Spirits manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th–17th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1040Scholarly / historical only

Cambridge Book of Magic manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th century manuscript
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1048Open / public

John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1564; later esoteric reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1052Open / public

Thomas Vaughan’s Magia Adamica reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1650; later esoteric reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1053Scholarly / historical only

Casaubon–Dee angelic-conference textual reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Conferences 1580s; printed 1659 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1054Scholarly / historical only

Book of Soyga textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th-century manuscript witnesses
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1056Open / public

Francis Barrett’s The Magus reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1801; 19th–20th century reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1059Open / public

Waite’s Mysteries of Magic Lévi reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1886 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1065Open / public

Ripley Scroll alchemical tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 15th–17th centuries and later copies
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1073Open / public

Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1652 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1125Open / public

Julian of Norwich Revelations tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Late 14th century–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1143Open / public

Methodist Christian Perfection tradition

Christian Mysticism Philosophical / theological school

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1206Institution-specific

International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom, India
Period / origin: Founded 1978–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, India

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Atlas 1284Institution-specific

New Kadampa Tradition–International Kadampa Buddhist Union

Buddhist Traditions New religious movement

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Founded 1991–present
Evidence status: Classification contested

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1285Initiatory

Triratna Buddhist Community

Buddhist Traditions New religious movement

Public geography: United Kingdom, India
Period / origin: Founded 1967; renamed 2010–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, India

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Atlas 1493Open / public

The Druid Network

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Founded 2003; registered UK charity since 2010; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1494Institution-specific

The Druid Order, An Druidh Uileach Braithreachas

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Modern organization with 20th-century public history; active charity
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1497Institution-specific

Prem Rawat movement and Divine Light Mission lineage

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: United Kingdom, India, United States
Period / origin: International expansion from 1971; successive organizational restructurings; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, India, United States

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Atlas 1526Scholarly / historical only