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

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

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Atlas 0659Community-bound / restricted

Maasai Iloibon Tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesKenya, Tanzania

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Atlas 0660Community-bound / restricted

Cwezi-Kubandwa Religious Complex

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Period / origin: Second millennium CE–20th/21st centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesBurundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Rwanda +2

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Atlas 1414Community-bound / restricted

Maasai Eunoto age-set ceremony

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Period / origin: Historically documented; living and changing
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesKenya, Tanzania

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Atlas 1865Community-bound / restricted

Maasai Enkipaata rite of passage

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Period / origin: Historically documented; living
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesKenya, Tanzania

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Atlas 1866Community-bound / restricted

Maasai Olng’esherr rite of passage

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Period / origin: Historically documented; living
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesKenya, Tanzania

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Atlas 2881Community-bound / restricted

Kondoa rock-art ritual sites

African & Afro-Diasporic Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Tanzania
Period / origin: Prehistoric–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesTanzania

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Atlas 3374Scholarly / historical only

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara

African & Afro-Diasporic Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Tanzania
Period / origin: 9th–19th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesTanzania

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