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 0941Community-bound / restricted

Quechua scissors-dance tradition

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Colonial-era documentation with older Andean elements; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 0944Community-bound / restricted

Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Colonial-era pilgrimage with Andean sacred-landscape continuities; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 0950Community-bound / restricted

Matsés traditional medicine and healer knowledge

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography
Brazil, Peru
Period / origin
Long-standing; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBrazil, Peru

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Atlas 1448Closed ethnoreligion

Q’ero paqo specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Historically documented; living; terminology and grades vary
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1453Closed ethnoreligion

Wachiperi Harakbut Eshuva sung-prayer tradition

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Historically documented; living but endangered
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1459Closed ethnoreligion

Zápara oral and ritual heritage

Indigenous Americas Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Ecuador, Peru
Period / origin
Historically documented; living but critically endangered
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesEcuador, Peru

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Atlas 1461Community-bound / restricted

Huaconada ritual dance of Mito

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1462Community-bound / restricted

Annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1906Open / public

Colca Valley Wititi dance tradition

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1907Open / public

Puno Virgen de la Candelaria festival complex

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Colonial period–present with Indigenous continuities
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1908Open / public

Hatajo de Negritos and Las Pallitas ritual-dance traditions

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Colonial period–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1925Community-bound / restricted

Shipibo-Konibo onanya specialist traditions

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Historically deep; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 1926Community-bound / restricted

Siekopai yajé specialist tradition

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography
Ecuador, Peru
Period / origin
Historically deep; living under severe territorial pressure
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesEcuador, Peru

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Atlas 1935Varies by lineage

Aymara Willkakuti solar-new-year traditions

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Bolivia, Chile, Peru
Period / origin
Historically layered; living and revitalized
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBolivia, Chile, Peru

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Atlas 2908Scholarly / historical only

Chavín de Huántar ceremonial center

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
1500–300 BCE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 2910Scholarly / historical only

Caral-Supe ceremonial complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
3000–1800 BCE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3420Scholarly / historical only

Chan Chan Archaeological Zone

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
9th–15th centuries
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3421Scholarly / historical only

Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

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

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3422Scholarly / historical only

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
15th century
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3423Scholarly / historical only

City of Cuzco Inca sacred-urban landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Pre-Hispanic era–colonial transformation
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3424Scholarly / historical only

Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
c. 250–200 BCE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 3866Community-bound / restricted

Sarawja Aymara music and dance

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

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

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 4375Open / public

Inti Raymi of Cusco revival

Indigenous Americas Revival / reconstruction

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Modern public revival since 1944 of an Inca festival
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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Atlas 4381Community-bound / restricted

Takanakuy of Chumbivilcas

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Peru
Period / origin
Longstanding local tradition; active
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesPeru

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