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.

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Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Geographic connections: 7,326
Countries and territories: 162

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Atlas 1033Scholarly / historical only

Hygromanteia of Solomon textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: Medieval manuscripts; roots debated
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

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Atlas 1034Scholarly / historical only

Latin Liber Razielis Archangeli tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

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

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1035Scholarly / historical only

Grimoire of Pope Honorius reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Print tradition from the 17th–18th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1036Scholarly / historical only

Grimorium Verum textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France, Italy
Period / origin: 18th-century print tradition onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance, Italy

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Atlas 1037Scholarly / historical only

Livre des Esperitz manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 15th–16th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1038Scholarly / historical only

Book of Oberon manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Late 16th–early 17th century manuscript
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1039Scholarly / historical only

Book of Treasure Spirits manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th–17th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1040Scholarly / historical only

Cambridge Book of Magic manuscript tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th century manuscript
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1041Scholarly / historical only

Lucidarium artis nigromantice textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late medieval manuscript tradition
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1042Scholarly / historical only

Petit Albert grimoire tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1043Scholarly / historical only

Grand Albert book tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Early modern print tradition onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1044Scholarly / historical only

Black Pullet grimoire tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Late 18th–19th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1045Open / public

Della Porta’s Magia naturalis reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Italy
Period / origin: First published 1558; expanded 1589
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewItaly

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Atlas 1046Open / public

Three Books of Occult Philosophy reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 1531–1533 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1047Open / public

Trithemius’s Steganographia reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Written ca. 1499; printed 1606
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1048Open / public

John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1564; later esoteric reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1049Open / public

De umbris idearum mnemonic-magic reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Practice / discipline

Public geography: France, Italy
Period / origin: Published 1582; later reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance, Italy

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Atlas 1050Open / public

Magical Calendar symbolic tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Early 17th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1051Scholarly / historical only

Archidoxis magica textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late 16th-century print/manuscript reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned

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Atlas 1052Open / public

Thomas Vaughan’s Magia Adamica reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Philosophical / theological school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1650; later esoteric reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1053Scholarly / historical only

Casaubon–Dee angelic-conference textual reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Conferences 1580s; printed 1659 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1054Scholarly / historical only

Book of Soyga textual tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 16th-century manuscript witnesses
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 1055Scholarly / historical only

Enchiridion of Pope Leo III charm-book tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Early modern print tradition onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewFrance

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Atlas 1056Open / public

Francis Barrett’s The Magus reception

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: Published 1801; 19th–20th century reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom

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