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 0793Open / public

Sefer Yetzirah Textual Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Composition date debated, commonly late antique or early medieval; 10th century–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0794Open / public

Bahir Kabbalistic Textual Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late 12th century–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0795Open / public

Zoharic Textual and Exegetical Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Late 13th–14th centuries; continuing reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0796Scholarly / historical only

Menahem Recanati’s Theosophical-Exegetical Kabbalah

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Italy
Period / origin: Late 13th–early 14th centuries; later reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewItaly

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Atlas 0797Scholarly / historical only

Sefer ha-Temunah Kabbalistic Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 13th–15th centuries; later reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0798Open / public

Vilna Gaon (Gra) Kabbalistic School

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Lithuania
Period / origin: 18th century–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewLithuania

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Atlas 0799Open / public

Lithuanian Musar Movement

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Lithuania, Israel
Period / origin: 1840s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewLithuania, Israel

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Atlas 0800Open / public

Early Circle of the Baal Shem Tov

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: c. 1730s–1760; later Hasidic reception
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0801Open / public

School of Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 1760s–1772; later reception through disciples
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0802Open / public

Peshischa (Pshiskhe) Hasidic School

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Poland
Period / origin: Early 19th century; continuing influence through successor schools
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewPoland

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Atlas 0803Open / public

Izbica–Radzyn Hasidic School

Jewish Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Poland
Period / origin: 1840s–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewPoland

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Atlas 0804Closed ethnoreligion

Dönmeh Sabbatean-Descendant Communities

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Türkiye
Period / origin: Late 17th century–present, with major secularization and dispersal
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewTürkiye

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Atlas 0805Scholarly / historical only

Sefer ha-Razim Ritual-Magical Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late antiquity, commonly dated around the 4th–7th centuries; modern scholarly reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0806Scholarly / historical only

Harba de-Moshe (Sword of Moses) Tradition

Jewish Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late antique / early medieval textual formation; modern scholarly reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0807Open / public

Philokalic (Neptic) Spiritual Tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Texts from the 4th–15th centuries; Greek anthology published 1782; continuing reception
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0808Open / public

Jesus Prayer (Prayer of the Heart) Tradition

Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: Late antique roots–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0809Open / public

Palamite Theology of Theosis and Uncreated Energies

Christian Mysticism Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 14th century–present
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 0810Institution-specific

Optina Elders (Starets) Spiritual Lineage

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: 19th–20th centuries; continuing reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewRussia

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Atlas 0811Open / public

Holy Fool (Fool-for-Christ) Ascetic Tradition

Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: Late antiquity–present reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewRussia

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Atlas 0812Institution-specific

Carthusian Eremitical-Contemplative Tradition

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1084–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 0813Scholarly / historical only

Ruusbroecian and Flemish Mystical Tradition

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 14th–15th centuries; later reception
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 0814Institution-specific

Bridgettine Contemplative and Revelatory Tradition

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Sweden
Period / origin: 14th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewSweden

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Atlas 0815Scholarly / historical only

Medieval English Anchoritic Spirituality

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 12th–15th centuries; modern historical reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0816Open / public

Lectio Divina Contemplative Reading

Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Late antique monastic roots–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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