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 3549Open / public

The Spirit of Prayer by William Law

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 18th century
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3550Open / public

The Spirit of Love by William Law

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 18th century
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3554Open / public

Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3555Open / public

Scale of Perfection by Walter Hilton

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 14th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3556Open / public

The Cloud of Unknowing

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3558Open / public

Centuries of Meditations by Thomas Traherne

Christian Mysticism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 17th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3646Open / public

School of Philosophy and Economic Science

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3652Open / public

Alef Trust

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 21st century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3700Institution-specific

Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Contemporary institution documented by its official or lineage-network website; precise founding date not asserted unless the source page itself supplies it
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3701Institution-specific

Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Contemporary institution documented by its official or lineage-network website; precise founding date not asserted unless the source page itself supplies it
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3957Initiatory

Order of the Yew

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3958Initiatory

Anglesey Druid Order

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3960Open / public

Council of British Druid Orders

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Established 1989; source page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3961Varies by lineage

Universal Druid Order

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Listed as a CoBDO member since 1990 on a page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3962Varies by lineage

Druids of Albion

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Listed as a CoBDO member since 1996 on a page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3963Varies by lineage

Phoenix Order of Druids

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Listed as a CoBDO member since 2007 on a page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3964Varies by lineage

The Dolmen Grove

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Listed as a CoBDO member since 2007 on a page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3965Varies by lineage

Cumbrian Order of Druids

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Listed as a CoBDO member since 2007 on a page amended November 2007
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3991Not applicable

Glasgow Coma Scale

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1974–present use
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 3993Not applicable

Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 2008–present use
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 4025Open / public

Emin template-network philosophy

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

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

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 4026Institution-specific

Churches’ Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 1953–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 4028Institution-specific

Greater World Christian Spiritualist Association

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 1931–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 4031Institution-specific

Psychedelic and Exceptional Experience Lab at the University of Greenwich

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 21st century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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