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 0655Community-bound / restricted

Gule Wamkulu / Nyau

African & Afro-Diasporic Order / organization

Public geography: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMalawi, Mozambique, Zambia

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Atlas 0656Community-bound / restricted

Mukanda Initiation and Makishi Masquerade

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Angola, Congo - Kinshasa, Zambia
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAngola, Congo - Kinshasa, Zambia

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Atlas 1404Initiatory

Chokwe Ngombo divination tradition

African & Afro-Diasporic Lineage / school

Public geography: Angola, Congo - Kinshasa, Zambia
Period / origin: Historically documented; living specialist contexts vary
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAngola, Congo - Kinshasa, Zambia

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Atlas 1873Community-bound / restricted

Lozi Kuomboka royal-translocation ceremony

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 1874Community-bound / restricted

Tonga Lwiindi Gonde rain and first-fruits ceremony

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 4335Community-bound / restricted

Budima dance

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Zambia
Period / origin: Longstanding community tradition; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 4336Community-bound / restricted

Mooba dance of the Lenje

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Zambia
Period / origin: Longstanding community tradition; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 4337Community-bound / restricted

Mangwengwe dance

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Zambia
Period / origin: Longstanding community tradition; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 4338Community-bound / restricted

Kuyabila of the Tonga

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Zambia
Period / origin: Longstanding community tradition; active
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesZambia

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Atlas 4844Scholarly / historical only

Lumpa Church

African & Afro-Diasporic New religious movement

Public geography: Zambia
Period / origin: 1953–late-20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesZambia

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