Atlas of Religious and Esoteric LineagesFive thousand lineages · worldwide

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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

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Atlas 0700Scholarly / historical only

Siovili Movement

Oceanian & Circumpolar New religious movement

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
1830s–mid nineteenth century chiefly
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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Atlas 1469Community-bound / restricted

Samoan ʻava ceremonial traditions

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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Atlas 1470Community-bound / restricted

ʻIe Samoa fine-mat ceremonial exchange

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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Atlas 3924Community-bound / restricted

Samoan tuiga chiefly-headdress tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
Long-standing–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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Atlas 3929Community-bound / restricted

Samoan fue orator’s-regalia tradition

Oceanian & Circumpolar Practice / discipline

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
Long-standing–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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Atlas 4417Community-bound / restricted

Samoan ifoga reconciliation ceremony

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Samoa
Period / origin
Ancestral Samoan tradition–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesSamoa

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