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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 0217Community-bound / restricted

Tummo (gtum mo) inner-heat yoga

Buddhist Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 11th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country-level context · no forced pinHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0218Initiatory

Aghor/Aghori tradition; historical Kāpālika traditions

South Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Kāpālika attested in first millennium CE sources; Aghor lineages especially early modern onward
Evidence status: Composite record

Candidate countriesIndia

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Atlas 0219Community-bound / restricted

Baba Kinaram Aghor lineage

South Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: India
Period / origin: 17th–18th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndia

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Atlas 0220Open / public

Javanese kebatinan / kejawen movements

Southeast Asian Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Older court and village traditions; named organizations especially 20th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 0221Community-bound / restricted

Anting-anting and agimat traditions

Southeast Asian Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: Colonial period onward with older Indigenous continuities
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 0222Open / public

Modern Huna

Oceanian & Circumpolar Religious tradition

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1930s onward; Seven Principles especially late 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0223Community-bound / restricted

Kurdaitcha and bone-pointing traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Australia
Period / origin: Indigenous, continuing in culturally specific forms
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesAustralia

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Atlas 0224Community-bound / restricted

Sun Dance traditions

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Precolonial origins; living and revitalized after suppression
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country-level context · no forced pinBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0225Community-bound / restricted

Nahua in xōchitl in cuīcatl (“flower and song”) tradition

Indigenous Americas Lineage / school

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Late Postclassic and early colonial documentation; modern cultural reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0226Open / public

Malidoma Patrice Somé’s Dagara-inspired elemental teachings

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Burkina Faso
Period / origin: Late 20th–early 21st century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesBurkina Faso

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Atlas 0227Community-bound / restricted

Batuque

African & Afro-Diasporic Religious tradition

Public geography: Brazil
Period / origin: 19th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesBrazil

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Atlas 0228Community-bound / restricted

Bizango societies

African & Afro-Diasporic Order / organization

Public geography: Haiti
Period / origin: Colonial/maroon roots debated; documented in modern Haiti
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesHaiti

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Atlas 0229Open / public

Agni Yoga / Living Ethics

South Asian Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 1920s onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country-level context · no forced pinGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country

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Atlas 0230Open / public