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 2597Community-bound / restricted

Gregoriou Monastery of Mount Athos

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Medieval foundation within a living Athonite monastic landscape
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2598Community-bound / restricted

Esphigmenou Monastery of Mount Athos

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Medieval foundation within a living Athonite monastic landscape
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2599Community-bound / restricted

Panteleimon Monastery of Mount Athos

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Medieval foundation within a living Athonite monastic landscape
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2600Community-bound / restricted

Konstamonitou Monastery of Mount Athos

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Medieval foundation within a living Athonite monastic landscape
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2602Institution-specific

Meteora Orthodox monastic complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Monastic occupation documented from the medieval period; living sacred landscape
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2606Institution-specific

Daphni Monastery sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Byzantine-era complex with later conservation history
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2607Institution-specific

Hosios Loukas Monastery sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Middle Byzantine monastic complex
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2608Institution-specific

Nea Moni of Chios sacred complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Founded in the 11th century; protected monastic complex
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 2609Institution-specific

Patmos Monastery of Saint John and pilgrimage complex

Christian Mysticism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Monastery founded in the 11th century within a living pilgrimage landscape
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3009Scholarly / historical only

Megarian Diocleia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3010Scholarly / historical only

Attic Elaphebolia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3011Scholarly / historical only

Argive Heraea festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3013Scholarly / historical only

Attic Pandia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3014Scholarly / historical only

Athenian Theseia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical and Hellenistic periods
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3023Scholarly / historical only

Athenian Chalceia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3025Scholarly / historical only

Athenian Diasia festival

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Classical antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 3974Scholarly / historical only

Societas Hellenica Antiquariorum

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Contemporary; current status not asserted beyond cited self-description
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4061Scholarly / historical only

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: late 5th century BCE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4454Institution-specific

Thyrsos Hellenes Ethnikoi

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

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

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4535Open / public

Heraion of Samos

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Cult activity from the Early Iron Age; monumental sanctuary in the Archaic and Classical periods
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4536Open / public

Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Major sanctuary from the sixth century BCE through antiquity
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4539Open / public

Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Archaic through Roman periods
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4541Open / public

Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Cult center from the prehistoric era; major Panhellenic sanctuary in the first millennium BCE
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 4543Open / public

Eleusinian sanctuary and Telesterion

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Mycenaean antecedents; major sanctuary through the Classical and Roman periods
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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