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

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Atlas 3436Community-bound / restricted

Te Rerenga Wairua / Cape Reinga sacred landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Long-standing–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3437Community-bound / restricted

Aoraki / Mount Cook ancestral sacred landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Long-standing–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3438Community-bound / restricted

Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill ancestral pā and wāhi tapu

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Pre-European settlement–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3439Community-bound / restricted

Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve wāhi tapu landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Pre-European settlement–present descendant significance
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3440Community-bound / restricted

Wairau Bar ancestral burial and settlement landscape

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
13th–14th centuries; present descendant custodianship
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3710Institution-specific

Bodhinyanarama Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Contemporary institution documented by its official or lineage-network website; precise founding date not asserted unless the source page itself supplies it
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3911Community-bound / restricted

Te Awa Tupua Whanganui River personhood framework

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Ancestral relationship; statutory framework from 2017
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3912Community-bound / restricted

Te Kāhui Tupua Taranaki Maunga framework

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Ancestral relationship; statutory framework from 2025
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3913Community-bound / restricted

Te Urewera living-landscape framework

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Ancestral relationship; statutory framework from 2014
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3914Community-bound / restricted

Te Whare Rūnanga at Waitangi

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Opened 1940–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3915Community-bound / restricted

Ngātokimatawhaorua ceremonial waka

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Built for 1940 centenary–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3916Community-bound / restricted

Ōnuku Marae

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Ancestral relationship–present marae life
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3917Community-bound / restricted

Te Hāhi o te Whakapono at Ōhinemutu

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
19th-century foundation; current building 1914–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3918Community-bound / restricted

Mataatua Wharenui

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Built 1875; returned and reopened 2011–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3919Community-bound / restricted

Tūrangawaewae Marae

Oceanian & Circumpolar Sacred site / complex

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Established 20th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3925Community-bound / restricted

Ngā Poukai Kīngitanga marae cycle

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Late 19th century–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 3926Community-bound / restricted

Koroneihana Kīngitanga anniversary gathering

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Annual living tradition
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 4426Community-bound / restricted

Moriori Nunuku covenant

Oceanian & Circumpolar Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Traditional covenant; enduring Moriori identity
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 4427Community-bound / restricted

Māori hura kōhatu unveiling ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
19th-century monumental form–present
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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Atlas 4428Community-bound / restricted

Māori kawe mate mourning ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
New Zealand
Period / origin
Ancestral tradition–present
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesNew Zealand

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