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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 0169Open / public

Technognosis and cyber-occulture

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Umbrella tradition

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 1990s onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0170Open / public

Post-IOT chaos-magic meta-sigil practice

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Legendary / claimed order

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Late 20th–21st century
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

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Atlas 0171Open / public

Misanthropic Luciferian Order / Temple of the Black Light

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: Sweden
Period / origin: 1990s–2000s onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSweden

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Atlas 0172Open / public

Order of Phosphorus

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: Early 21st century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0173Open / public

Temple of Ascending Flame

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 2012 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0174Not applicable

Order of the Lion & Phoenix

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Legendary / claimed order

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

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Atlas 0175Open / public

Reclaiming Tradition

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1979 onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0176Open / public

Temple of Witchcraft

Pagan & Reconstructionist Order / organization

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 2000s onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0177Open / public

Hellenic reconstructionist polytheism

Pagan & Reconstructionist New religious movement

Public geography: Greece
Period / origin: Late 20th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGreece

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Atlas 0178Open / public

Cultus Deorum Romanorum / Roman reconstructionist religion

Pagan & Reconstructionist Religious tradition

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Late 20th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0179Open / public

Santa Muerte devotion and associated brujería

Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline

Public geography: Mexico, United States
Period / origin: Public expansion from late 20th century; older devotional roots debated
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico, United States

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Atlas 0180Community-bound / restricted

Curanderismo: sobada and limpia practices

Indigenous Americas Practice / discipline

Public geography: Mexico
Period / origin: Colonial-era syncretic development with older Indigenous and European/African roots; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMexico

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Atlas 0181Open / public

Appalachian folk magic and rootwork

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 18th–20th century onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0182Initiatory

Bloodrose lineage of Feri

Pagan & Reconstructionist Lineage / school

Public geography: United States
Period / origin: 1970s onward
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUnited States

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Atlas 0183Open / public

Grand Grimoire / Red Dragon reception and pact narratives

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th–19th century textual formation; later occult reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0184Open / public

Esoteric Hitlerism

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Lineage / school

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: Post-1945, with selective appropriation of earlier völkisch material
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0185Open / public

Vril Society legend

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Legendary / claimed order

Public geography: Germany
Period / origin: Largely post-1960s legend drawing on an 1871 novel and later occult narratives
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesGermany

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Atlas 0186Open / public

Fraternitas Borealis

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: Country-level context could not be assessed from the available record
Period / origin: Late 20th–21st century claims
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0187Not applicable

Builders of the Pyramid Lodge

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Legendary / claimed order

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

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Atlas 0188Open / public

Sacred-geometry and harmonic-cosmology teachings

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Religious tradition

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 20th–21st century
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

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Atlas 0189Not applicable

Esoteric interpretations of cymatics and sonoluminescence

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Research field / method

Public geography: Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
Period / origin: 20th–21st century
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 0190Open / public