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 0529Open / public

Macarian Homiletic Mysticism

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: late 4th/early 5th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0530Open / public

Syriac Christian Mystical Tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Syria
Period / origin: late antiquity–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewSyria

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Atlas 0531Open / public

Isaac of Nineveh’s Contemplative Tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 7th century CE onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0532Open / public

John Climacus’s Ladder Spirituality

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 7th century CE–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0533Open / public

Symeon the New Theologian’s Light Mysticism

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 10th–11th centuries CE onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0534Open / public

Maximus the Confessor’s Cosmic Mysticism and Theosis

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 7th century CE onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0535Open / public

Russian Sophiology

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: late 19th–20th centuries; continuing reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0536Open / public

Imiaslavie / Name-Glorification

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Religious tradition

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: early 20th century–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0537Open / public

Early Provençal Kabbalah / Isaac the Blind Circle

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: France
Period / origin: late 12th–early 13th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 0538Open / public

Gerona Kabbalist Circle

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: early 13th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0539Open / public

Iyyun Circle

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 13th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0540Open / public

Beit El Kabbalists / Rashash Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 18th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country

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Atlas 0541Open / public

Luzzatto (Ramchal) Kabbalistic Circle

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Italy
Period / origin: 1720s–1740s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewItaly

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Atlas 0542Open / public

Sarugian Kabbalah

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Egypt, Italy
Period / origin: late 16th–17th centuries; later reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewEgypt, Italy

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Atlas 0543Open / public

Jewish Maggidism

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 16th–18th centuries especially; wider usage
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0544Open / public

Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ / Brethren of Purity

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 10th century CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0545Open / public

Futuwwa Spiritual Chivalry

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: medieval period–early modern survivals
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0546Open / public

Akhī Brotherhoods

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 13th–15th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0547Open / public

Nuqṭaviyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: late 14th–17th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewIran

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Atlas 0548Open / public

Qarmatian Ismailism

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Bahrain, Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: 9th–11th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewBahrain, Iraq, Iran

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Atlas 0549Community-bound / restricted

Ṭayyibī Ismaili Esotericism

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: India, Yemen
Period / origin: 12th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewIndia, Yemen

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Atlas 0550Community-bound / restricted

Alawite Religious Tradition

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Religious tradition

Public geography: Lebanon, Syria, Türkiye
Period / origin: 9th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewLebanon, Syria, Türkiye

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Atlas 0551Community-bound / restricted

Dhahabiyya Sufi Order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: late medieval/early modern period–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewIran

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Atlas 0552Community-bound / restricted

Nūrbakhshiyya Sufi Order

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Order / organization

Public geography: Iran
Period / origin: 15th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewIran

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