Atlas of Religious and Esoteric LineagesFive thousand lineages · worldwide

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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.

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Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Atlas 0146Community-bound / restricted

Wixárika pilgrimage to Wirikuta

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Indigenous, continuing
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0161Open / public

Native American Church

Indigenous Americas New religious movement

Public geography
Canada, Mexico, United States
Period / origin
Late 19th century institutional formation; older Indigenous peyote traditions
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, Mexico, United States

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Atlas 0179Open / public

Santa Muerte devotion and associated brujería

Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography
Mexico, United States
Period / origin
Public expansion from late 20th century; older devotional roots debated
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico, United States

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Atlas 0180Community-bound / restricted

Curanderismo: sobada and limpia practices

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Colonial-era syncretic development with older Indigenous and European/African roots; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0225Community-bound / restricted

Nahua in xōchitl in cuīcatl (“flower and song”) tradition

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Late Postclassic and early colonial documentation; modern cultural reception
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0690Open / public

Mexicayotl / Mexicanidad Religious Revival

Indigenous Americas Religious tradition

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Mid-twentieth century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0938Community-bound / restricted

Ritual ceremony of the Voladores

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Pre-Hispanic roots; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0952Community-bound / restricted

Yoreme Pajko’ora and Pascola ceremonial-dance traditions

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Precolonial and colonial layers; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0953Community-bound / restricted

Rarámuri Yúmari and Tutugúri ceremonial traditions

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Long-standing; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0955Community-bound / restricted

Tsotsil J’ilol healing-divination traditions

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Precolonial roots; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1431Community-bound / restricted

Pascua Yaqui Lenten ceremonial cycle

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
United States, Mexico
Period / origin
Colonial-era Christian and Indigenous formation; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States, Mexico

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Atlas 1432Community-bound / restricted

Pascua Yaqui Deer Dance and Pascola societies

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

Public geography
United States, Mexico
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States, Mexico

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Atlas 1434Community-bound / restricted

Purépecha Kurhíkuaeri K’uinchekua New Fire ceremony

Indigenous Americas Revival / reconstruction

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Community-led modern revitalization since 1983 drawing on historical Purépecha sources; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1435Community-bound / restricted

Otomí-Chichimeca sacred-place traditions of Tolimán

Indigenous Americas Religious tradition

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1436Community-bound / restricted

Northern Otomí ritual paper-figure traditions

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Historically documented; living and commercialized forms coexist
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1464Community-bound / restricted

Indigenous Mexican festivities dedicated to the dead

Indigenous Americas Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Precolonial and colonial layers; living and diverse
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1900Community-bound / restricted

P’urhépecha Pirekua song tradition

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1901Open / public

Parachicos tradition of Chiapa de Corzo

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
17th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 1918Community-bound / restricted

Tohono O’odham Wi:gita ceremonial cycle

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico, United States
Period / origin
Historically deep; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico, United States

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Atlas 1919Community-bound / restricted

Tohono O’odham saguaro-fruit rain ceremony

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Mexico, United States
Period / origin
Historically deep; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico, United States

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Atlas 2915Scholarly / historical only

Palenque ceremonial city

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
3rd–9th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 2916Scholarly / historical only

Teotihuacan ceremonial city

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
1st–7th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 2917Scholarly / historical only

Monte Albán ceremonial center

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
500 BCE–900 CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 2918Scholarly / historical only

Chichén Itzá ceremonial complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Mexico
Period / origin
6th–13th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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