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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

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 1476Closed ethnoreligion

Kwaio ancestor-centered religious traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Ethnographically documented; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 2438Scholarly / historical only

Christian Fellowship Church

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Twentieth-century religious movement documented historically; present institutional continuity is not inferred
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 2440Scholarly / historical only

Remnant Church of Malaita

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Established in 1955 as a historically documented Malaitan religious movement; present continuity is not inferred
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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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 2443Scholarly / historical only

Maasina Rule religious-sovereignty current

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: 1940s–1950s historical movement; later religious influence studied historically
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 2445Initiatory

Community of the Sisters of Melanesia

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Current community documented by Anglican Church of Melanesia pages dated 2023–2026
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 2449Initiatory

Community of the Sisters of the Church, Province of Melanesia

Oceanian & Circumpolar Order / organization

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Melanesian province established in 2001 and current community documented by its church page
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 4945Scholarly / historical only

Moro Movement of Guadalcanal

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Late 1950s–1990s documentation
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 4949Scholarly / historical only

Tikopia Work of the Gods cycle

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Precolonial–20th century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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Atlas 4953Scholarly / historical only

Bellona Island pre-Christian religious complex

Oceanian & Circumpolar Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Solomon Islands
Period / origin: Pre-Christian religious complex documented in scholarly monograph
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSolomon Islands

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