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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 1485Institution-specific

Hellenion Hellenic polytheist organization

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 2001; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1488Institution-specific

Nova Roma Roman-reconstructionist organization

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1998; active with organizational changes
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1491Institution-specific

The Troth Heathen organization

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1987; active
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1495Institution-specific

Adidam movement

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded in the 1970s under earlier names; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1496Institution-specific

Osho / Rajneesh movement

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: United States, India
Period / origin: Developed from the 1960s; institutional transformations after 1990; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States, India

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Atlas 1497Institution-specific

Prem Rawat movement and Divine Light Mission lineage

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: United Kingdom, India, United States
Period / origin: International expansion from 1971; successive organizational restructurings; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom, India, United States

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Atlas 1498Institution-specific

Emissaries of Divine Light

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1932; active with organizational evolution
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1499Institution-specific

Parapsychology Foundation

Consciousness & Psychical Research Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Founded 1951; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1531Scholarly / historical only

Thme Temple of the Golden Dawn

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Chartered 1897; historical branch
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1532Scholarly / historical only

Thoth-Hermes Temple of the Golden Dawn

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Chartered 1897; historical branch
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1537Initiatory

Grand College of America of Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Established 1931; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1550Initiatory

Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Institutional roots in African Lodge; present grand lodge active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 1553Open / public