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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 0694Scholarly / historical only

Vailala Movement

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Circa 1919–1930s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0696Open / public

Paliau Movement / Win Neisen

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 1940s–present in transformed forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0697Community-bound / restricted

Yali Movement of Papua New Guinea

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 1940s–1970s chiefly; continuing historical influence
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0698Community-bound / restricted

Pomio Kivung

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 1960s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0701Community-bound / restricted

Baining Kavat Night / Fire Dance

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0703Community-bound / restricted

Tolai Tubuan and Dukduk Societies

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Precolonial–present/changed
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0704Community-bound / restricted

New Ireland Malagan Ceremonial Complex

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Precolonial–present/changed
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0705Initiatory

Sepik Haus Tambaran Initiatory Complex

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Precolonial–present/changed
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 0973Community-bound / restricted

Trobriand kula ceremonial-exchange complex

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Long-standing; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1957Community-bound / restricted

Trobriand Milamala harvest-festival tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically documented; living in changing forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1958Community-bound / restricted

Enga Tee ceremonial-exchange cycle

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically documented; living and transformed
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1959Community-bound / restricted

Abelam ceremonial-yam and men’s-house traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically deep; living in changing forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1960Community-bound / restricted

Orokaiva Hevehe masked-ceremonial cycle

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically documented; severely transformed
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1961Community-bound / restricted

Mekeo Kovave initiatory society

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically documented; present continuity community-specific
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 1962Community-bound / restricted

Huli Haroli bachelor institution

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Historically documented; later wig-school adaptations
Evidence status: Classification contested

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 2441Initiatory

Melanesian Brotherhood

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Period / origin: Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

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Atlas 3908Community-bound / restricted

Wogeo–Bam walage–lewa ceremonial cycle

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 3922Community-bound / restricted

Toare Gulf mask-festival ancestral rite

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: Living heritage documented in the 21st century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 3923Community-bound / restricted

Kwoma–Nukuma–Yasyin-Mayo yam-ceremony sequence

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 19th–20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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Atlas 4946Scholarly / historical only

Mambu movement

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Papua New Guinea
Period / origin: 1930s–1950s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPapua New Guinea

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