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

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Entries: 5,000
Geographic connections: 7,326
Countries and territories: 162

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Atlas 4602Scholarly / historical only

Ephrata Cloister religious community

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1732; communal order declined in the 19th century
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4603Scholarly / historical only

Harmony Society communal tradition

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1805–1905
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4604Scholarly / historical only

Society of the Woman in the Wilderness

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Late 17th–early 18th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4605Scholarly / historical only

Snow Hill Cloister

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 18th century origins; incorporated 1823; historical
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4606Open / public

Community of True Inspiration

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Germany, United States
Period / origin: Early 18th century–present congregational descendants
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewGermany, United States

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Atlas 4607Open / public

Schwenkfelder devotional tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 16th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4621Institution-specific

Spiritual Life Institute

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Ireland, United States
Period / origin: Founded 1960–present in reduced form
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewIreland, United States

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Atlas 4636Open / public

International Association of Sufism

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1983–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4637Varies by lineage

Golden Sufi Center

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Late 20th century–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4638Varies by lineage

Threshold Society

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1983–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4641Initiatory

Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Late 20th century–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4849Institution-specific

Church of the Eternal Source

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1970–documented 2021
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4873Community-bound / restricted

Takelma First Salmon Ceremony revival

Indigenous Americas Revival / reconstruction

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Late 20th century–present revival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4874Community-bound / restricted

Kooyit Nez Perce First Salmon Feast

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4875Community-bound / restricted

Olympic Peninsula First Salmon Ceremony

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4876Community-bound / restricted

Diné Enemy Way ceremonial complex

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4877Initiatory

Protean Lineage

Pagan & Reconstructionist Lineage / school

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Late 20th century–present documentation
Evidence status: Related-entry source

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Atlas 4879Community-bound / restricted

Crow Tobacco Society

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4880Community-bound / restricted

Tlingit Koo.éex’ memorial feast

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4881Community-bound / restricted

Mount Taylor Diné sacred-boundary landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4882Community-bound / restricted

Medicine Lake Highlands sacred landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4883Community-bound / restricted

Sweet Grass Hills sacred landscape

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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Atlas 4884Community-bound / restricted

Rainbow Bridge traditional cultural property

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4885Community-bound / restricted

Snoqualmie Falls sacred site

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Ancestral–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited States

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