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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 0112Closed ethnoreligion

Mandaean Naṣoraean priestly and esoteric tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: late antique roots–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 0114Community-bound / restricted

Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq) jam ceremony

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: medieval/early modern–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 0164Open / public

Ishrāqī philosophy (Illuminationism)

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 12th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 0547Open / public

Nuqṭaviyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: late 14th–17th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 0548Open / public

Qarmatian Ismailism

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Bahrain, Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: 9th–11th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesBahrain, Iraq, Iran

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Atlas 0551Community-bound / restricted

Dhahabiyya Sufi Order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: late medieval/early modern period–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 0552Community-bound / restricted

Nūrbakhshiyya Sufi Order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 15th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 0553Open / public

Ṣafaviyya Sufi Order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 13th–16th centuries as an order; dynastic legacy thereafter
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 0832Community-bound / restricted

Nizārī Ismaili Esoteric Tradition

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Iran, Syria
Period / origin: 1094–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran, Syria

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Atlas 1188Varies by lineage

Persian theoretical ʿirfān

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: Safavid period–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 1189Scholarly / historical only

School of Isfahan philosophical-mystical current

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Philosophical / theological school

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

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 1190Scholarly / historical only

School of Tehran philosophical-mystical current

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 19th–early 20th centuries
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 1654Community-bound / restricted

Hamadāniyya Kubrawī branch

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 14th century–later regional reception
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 1852Open / public

Sadeh–Sada fire celebration

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Iran, Tajikistan
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran, Tajikistan

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Atlas 1853Open / public

Yaldā–Chella night celebration

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Afghanistan, Iran
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAfghanistan, Iran

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Atlas 1854Open / public

Transregional Nowruz–Nauryz spring-renewal tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Umbrella tradition

Public geography: Afghanistan, Iran
Period / origin: Historically deep; living
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesAfghanistan, Iran

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Atlas 2112Scholarly / historical only

Abhariyya Sufi order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: 12th–13th centuries
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 2113Scholarly / historical only

Awhadiyya branch of the Abhariyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 13th century
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2117Scholarly / historical only

Kazeruniyya Sufi order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Founded in the 11th century
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2118Scholarly / historical only

Ruzbihaniyya Sufi lineage

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 12th–13th centuries
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2344Community-bound / restricted

Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei ritual institution

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historically documented; living transmission or safeguarding context
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2345Varies by lineage

Khorasan Bakhshi master-pupil music tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historically documented; living transmission or safeguarding context
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2347Community-bound / restricted

Qālišuyān ritual of Mašhad-e Ardehāl

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historically documented; living transmission or safeguarding context
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 2348Varies by lineage

Naqqāli Iranian dramatic-storytelling lineage

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historically documented; living transmission or safeguarding context
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIran

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