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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 3460Institution-specific

Mitamakyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: 20th-century institutional history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3461Institution-specific

Hachidai Ryūōjin Hakkō Seidan

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: 1949–1957 institutional formation; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3462Institution-specific

Shintō Shinshinkyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Late-19th-century origins; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3463Institution-specific

Hi no Oshie

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Founded 1915; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3464Institution-specific

Tokumitsukyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Late-19th-century origins; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3465Institution-specific

Tengenkyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Founded 1930; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3466Institution-specific

Sumerakyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Origins c. 1919; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3467Institution-specific

Shinji Shūmeikai

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Independent from 1970; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3468Institution-specific

Shinreikyō

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Inaugurated 1947; later history documented by cited encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3469Institution-specific

Worldmate

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: 1984–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3706Scholarly / historical only

Monk Enchin Buddhist exchange archives

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: China, Japan
Period / origin: Ninth-century exchange archive centered on Enchin (814–891 CE in the cited UNESCO record); registered in 2023
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesChina, Japan

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Atlas 3732Scholarly / historical only

Zōjōji Three Editions of Buddhist Sacred Canons collection

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical twelfth–thirteenth-century printed canon collections documented by UNESCO; present digitization is source-specific
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3760Scholarly / historical only

Yuiitsushintō Myōbō Yōshū textual tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Late-medieval Shinto doctrinal work documented by Kokugakuin University; the cited article distinguishes its attributed and actual authorship
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3761Scholarly / historical only

Nakatomi no Harae Fūsuisō commentarial tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Early-modern Shinto commentary documented by Kokugakuin University as a principal Suika Shinto text
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3762Scholarly / historical only

Korenshū Watarai Shinto compendium

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Medieval Watarai Shinto compendium dated by the cited university encyclopedia to the fourteenth century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3763Scholarly / historical only

Hokke Shintō historical school

East Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Late-medieval and early-modern combinatory Shinto school documented by Kokugakuin University; no modern continuity is asserted
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3764Scholarly / historical only

Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō historical school

East Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Early-modern Tendai-Shinto doctrinal and ritual school documented by Kokugakuin University
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3765Scholarly / historical only

Fifty-Six Transmissions of Sōgen Shintō

East Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Early-modern named teaching tradition attributed to Tachibana Mitsuyoshi by the cited university encyclopedia
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3766Varies by lineage

Shinsōsai Shinto funeral-rite tradition

East Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical development of Shinto funeral rites documented by Kokugakuin University; no single modern form is implied
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3767Scholarly / historical only

Nijūnisha Chūshiki shrine-commentarial tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Muromachi-period shrine commentary documented by Kokugakuin University; the article notes later revisions to the received text
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3768Institution-specific

Ōarai Isosaki Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3769Institution-specific

Hakone Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3770Institution-specific

Enoshima Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3771Institution-specific

Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Jinja institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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