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 2349Varies by lineage

Radif master-disciple 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 3123Scholarly / historical only

Jāmiʿ al-Saʿādāt textual teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 3124Scholarly / historical only

Light Within Me collected teachings

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th-century essays and teachings
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3125Scholarly / historical only

Lubb al-Lubāb textual teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3126Scholarly / historical only

Forty Hadith: An Exposition

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3127Scholarly / historical only

Ādāb al-Ṣalāt textual teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3128Scholarly / historical only

Spiritual Journey of the Mystics

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: Late 19th–early 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 3129Scholarly / historical only

Self Building by Ibrahim Amini

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3130Scholarly / historical only

Guide to Practical ʿIrfān teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Australia, Iran
Period / origin: Contemporary
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia, Iran

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Atlas 3132Scholarly / historical only

Spiritual Discourses by Murtadha Mutahhari

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3133Scholarly / historical only

Risālat al-Wilāya textual teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3134Scholarly / historical only

Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer teaching

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Contemporary
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3137Scholarly / historical only

Introduction to ʿIrfān by Murtadha Mutahhari

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3140Scholarly / historical only

Perfect Man by Murtadha Mutahhari

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3941Community-bound / restricted

Mehregan ceremony

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Iran, Tajikistan
Period / origin: Ancient roots; living contemporary celebration
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran, Tajikistan

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Atlas 3950Scholarly / historical only

Takht-e Soleyman Zoroastrian sanctuary

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Sasanian period and later; protected World Heritage site
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3951Community-bound / restricted

Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 16th–18th centuries; continuing pilgrimage significance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3952Community-bound / restricted

Saint Thaddeus Monastery

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: At least the 7th century–present pilgrimage significance
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3953Community-bound / restricted

Saint Stepanos Monastery

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historic–present pilgrimage significance
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 3954Community-bound / restricted

Chapel of Dzordzor

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: Historic–present religious significance
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 4072Scholarly / historical only

Tchogha Zanbil Elamite sacred city

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 13th century BCE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 4156Initiatory

Khaksariyya dervish order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 19th century attestation–20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 4642Scholarly / historical only

Ṭayfūriyya ecstatic Sufi school

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 10th–11th centuries as a cohesive named group
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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Atlas 4644Scholarly / historical only

ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Zayd's ʿAbbādān ribat community

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 8th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIran

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