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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 3882Community-bound / restricted

Xochitécatl fertility-and-rain ceremonial centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Primarily c. 600–100 BCE, with later reuse
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3883Community-bound / restricted

Cerro del Teúl ceremonial and worship centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Early centuries CE–16th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3884Community-bound / restricted

Malpasito ballcourt ritual complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Pre-Hispanic period; archaeologically documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3885Community-bound / restricted

Edzná Great Acropolis cosmological complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Preclassic occupation; major florescence c. 400–1000 CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3886Community-bound / restricted

Culhuacán New Fire ritual centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Pre-Hispanic period; museum-documented historical practice
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3887Community-bound / restricted

Los Tepoltzis rain-ceremony centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Early Postclassic roots; continuing local ceremonies documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3888Community-bound / restricted

Huandacareo–La Nopalera ritual and funerary centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Purépecha state period; archaeologically documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3889Community-bound / restricted

Tingambato ceremonial and funerary complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: c. 450–900 CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3890Community-bound / restricted

Teopanzolco Tlahuica–Mexica temple complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Postclassic period
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3891Community-bound / restricted

Chalcatzingo sacred-mountain ceremonial centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Middle Preclassic, c. 1200–400 BCE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3892Community-bound / restricted

Yagul ballcourt cosmos-renewal rite site

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: c. 500–900 CE for the documented ballcourt
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3893Community-bound / restricted

Tetzcotzinco Acolhua worship landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Late Postclassic period
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3894Community-bound / restricted

Cerro de las Ventanas worship landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Ceremonial use documented from the 7th–15th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3895Community-bound / restricted

La Quemada procession-and-sanctuary network

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: 4th–12th centuries CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3896Community-bound / restricted

Balamcanché cave ceremonial centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Ceremonial use c. 300 BCE–1200 CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3897Community-bound / restricted

El Cerrito Toltec-influenced ceremonial centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: First millennium CE; offerings documented into the 17th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3898Community-bound / restricted

Izamal Maya pilgrimage centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Pre-Hispanic period; centuries-long pilgrimage history
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 3899Community-bound / restricted

La Ferrería religious centre

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Pre-Hispanic period; archaeologically documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 4370Community-bound / restricted

Náayeri La Judea ceremonial cycle

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Colonial-era Indigenous-Christian formation–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 4371Community-bound / restricted

Wixárika Tatei Neixa maize ceremony

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Ancestral Wixárika tradition; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 4476Institution-specific

Gran Fraternidad Universal

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Mexico, Venezuela
Period / origin: 1948–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico, Venezuela

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Atlas 4508Open / public

Liber 418: The Vision and the Voice

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Algeria, Mexico
Period / origin: 1900–1909; later published
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAlgeria, Mexico

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Atlas 4900Community-bound / restricted

Maya Hanal Pixán observance

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Precolonial continuities–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 4901Community-bound / restricted

Yucatec Maya Hetzmek rite

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Precolonial continuities–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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