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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 0097Community-bound / restricted

Hermetic Order of the Silver Sword

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: founded 1982; later status unclear
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 0098Open / public

Order of the Cubic Stone

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: late 20th century; present remnants unclear
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0099Open / public

Iamblichean Neoplatonic theurgy

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Practice / discipline

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 3rd–4th century CE; later receptions
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0100Open / public

al-Būnian talismanic and science-of-letters traditions

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Practice / discipline

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

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

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Atlas 0101Scholarly / historical only

Modern revivals of the Eleusinian Mysteries

Pagan & Reconstructionist Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 19th century–present revivals of an ancient cult
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0102Open / public

Modern Orphic revival groups

Pagan & Reconstructionist Revival / reconstruction

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: modern revival of ancient Orphic materials
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 0103Open / public

Ancient Pythagorean communities and modern Pythagorean revivals

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Lineage / school

Public geography: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: 6th century BCE onward; modern revivals
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0104Scholarly / historical only

Roman Mithraic mysteries and tauroctony iconography

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 1st–4th centuries CE; modern reconstruction
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0105Open / public

Modern revivals of Isis and Serapis worship

Pagan & Reconstructionist Revival / reconstruction

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: ancient cults; 19th century–present revival
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0106Open / public

Unspecified “Hermetic Order of the Phoenix”

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Country-level context could not be assessed from the available record
Period / origin: unspecified
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

Country-level context · no forced pinCountry-level context could not be assessed from the available record

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Atlas 0107Open / public

Fourth Way schools associated with Gurdjieff and J. G. Bennett

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Russia
Period / origin: early 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesRussia

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Atlas 0108Open / public

Fellowship of Friends

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1970–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0109Initiatory

Society of the Inner Light

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Order / organization

Public geography: United Kingdom
Period / origin: 1924–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited Kingdom

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Atlas 0110Open / public

Modern Valentinian Gnostic revivals

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Religious tradition

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 20th century–present revival of 2nd-century Christianity
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0111Open / public

Modern reconstruction of Sethian baptismal traditions

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 2nd–4th centuries CE sources; modern reconstruction
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

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

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Atlas 0112Closed ethnoreligion

Mandaean Naṣoraean priestly and esoteric tradition

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Iraq, Iran
Period / origin: late antique roots–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 0113Closed ethnoreligion

Yazidi religious tradition and Tawûsê Melek devotion

Christian Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: Armenia, Iraq, Syria, Türkiye
Period / origin: medieval formation–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesArmenia, Iraq, Syria +1

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Atlas 0114Community-bound / restricted

Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq) jam ceremony

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

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

Candidate countriesIraq, Iran

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Atlas 0115Community-bound / restricted

Alevi cem ceremony and Bektashi ritual traditions

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Türkiye
Period / origin: medieval/early modern roots–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesTürkiye

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Atlas 0116Open / public

Zurvanism (historical Zoroastrian current)

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: late antique; extinct/absorbed
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0117Scholarly / historical only

Manichaeism

African & Afro-Diasporic Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 3rd–14th centuries, with later traces
Evidence status: Directly cited

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

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Atlas 0118Open / public

Apostolic Johannite Church

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Canada
Period / origin: 2000s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada

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Atlas 0119Open / public

Modern Cathar revival and consolamentum reconstructions

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Religious tradition

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 19th/20th century–present revival of medieval Catharism
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0120Open / public

Bogomilism

Christian Mysticism New religious movement

Public geography: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 10th–15th centuries
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

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

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