Atlas 1129Institution-specific
Teresian Carmelite prayer tradition
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Spain
- Period / origin
- 16th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewSpain
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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
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Atlas 1130Institution-specific
John of the Cross mystical theology
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Spain
- Period / origin
- 16th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewSpain
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Catherine of Genoa mystical theology
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- Late 15th–early 16th centuries; later reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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Salesian spirituality of Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- France
- Period / origin
- Late 16th–17th centuries–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewFrance
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French School of Spirituality
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- France
- Period / origin
- 17th century–present reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewFrance
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Jean-Pierre de Caussade abandonment spirituality
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- France
- Period / origin
- 18th-century teaching; text published 19th century onward
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewFrance
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Little Way of Thérèse of Lisieux
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- France
- Period / origin
- Late 19th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewFrance
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Sacred Heart mystical-devotional tradition
Christian Mysticism Religious tradition
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- Medieval antecedents; major expansion 17th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Eucharistic adoration contemplative tradition
Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- Medieval development–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Taizé ecumenical contemplative prayer
Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline
- Public geography
- France
- Period / origin
- Mid-20th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewFrance
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Focolare spirituality of unity
Christian Mysticism Order / organization
- Public geography
- Italy
- Period / origin
- 1943–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewItaly
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Moravian devotional-mystical tradition
Christian Mysticism Religious tradition
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- 18th-century renewal with earlier Unity roots–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Lutheran Pietist spiritual tradition
Christian Mysticism Religious tradition
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- Late 17th century–present influence
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Radical Pietist and Inspirationist currents
Christian Mysticism Umbrella tradition
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- Late 17th–19th centuries; limited living descendants
- Evidence status
- Composite record
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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Methodist Christian Perfection tradition
Christian Mysticism Philosophical / theological school
- Public geography
- United Kingdom
- Period / origin
- 18th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewUnited Kingdom
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Athonite hesychast monastic tradition
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Greece
- Period / origin
- Byzantine period–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewGreece
View full recordAtlas 1145Community-bound / restricted
Sinaite hesychast monastic tradition
Christian Mysticism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- Late antiquity–present, with medieval hesychast developments
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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Junaydi sober Sufi tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- 9th–10th centuries; enduring doctrinal reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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Hallajian mystical-poetic reception
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Iraq
- Period / origin
- Late 9th–early 10th centuries; later reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewIraq
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Tustari mystical-exegetical tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Philosophical / theological school
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- 9th century–present scholarly reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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Ibn al-Farid poetic-mystical tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Egypt
- Period / origin
- 13th century–present reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Country links · under reviewEgypt
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Attarian Persian Sufi-poetic tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- Late 12th–early 13th centuries; later reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Rumi and Masnavi interpretive tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school
- Public geography
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- 13th century–present
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
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Ibn Sabin philosophical-mystical tradition
Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Philosophical / theological school
- Public geography
- Broad regional context; no country assigned
- Period / origin
- 13th century; later scholarly reception
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Broader geographic contextBroad regional context; no country assigned
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