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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 2054Open / public

Embassy of the Free Mind

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Netherlands
Period / origin: Public cultural institution established 2017; active in 2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesNetherlands

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Atlas 2055Institution-specific

HHP Centre at the University of Amsterdam

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Netherlands
Period / origin: Founded 1999; active university centre in 2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesNetherlands

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Atlas 2092Institution-specific

Community of Grandchamp

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Switzerland, France, Netherlands
Period / origin: First life commitments 1952; active in 2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSwitzerland, France, Netherlands

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Atlas 3151Institution-specific

Het Rad Dutch Pagan organization

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Netherlands
Period / origin: Contemporary living organization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesNetherlands

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Atlas 3242Institution-specific

Ligmincha Netherlands Yungdrung Bon association

Bön & Himalayan Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Netherlands
Period / origin: Current listed national association; founding date not asserted
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNetherlands

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Atlas 3804Scholarly / historical only

La Galigo pre-Islamic Bugis epic-mythic corpus

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia, Netherlands
Period / origin: Historical Bugis epic corpus, dated approximately to the fourteenth century with earlier oral roots by the cited UNESCO record; registered in 2011
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia, Netherlands

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Atlas 3814Scholarly / historical only

Hikayat Aceh Islamic hagiographic manuscript corpus

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia, Netherlands
Period / origin: Seventeenth-century Acehnese court and hagiographic manuscript tradition concerning the fifteenth–seventeenth centuries; registered by UNESCO in 2023
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia, Netherlands

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Atlas 4608Scholarly / historical only

Gichtel's Brethren of the Angels

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Netherlands
Period / origin: Late 17th–18th century
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesNetherlands

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