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.

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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 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 0664Community-bound / restricted

Acholi Ajwaka Spirit-Medium and Healing Tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: South Sudan, Uganda
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSouth Sudan, Uganda

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Atlas 1412Community-bound / restricted

Baganda Lubaale spirit-medium traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Uganda
Period / origin: Historically documented; living contexts vary
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUganda

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Kasubi royal-tomb ancestral traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Uganda
Period / origin: Established as royal burial site in 1884; living custodial tradition
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUganda

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Atlas 1896Community-bound / restricted