Eckankar
South Asian Traditions New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Eckankar is cataloged as a New religious movement within South Asian Traditions. Its candidate country context is “United States” and its period or origin is “1965 onward.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Modern new religious movement drawing on Sant Mat and other sources.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Eckankar Soul-Travel Techniques; Religion of the Light and Sound of God; ECK
- Parent tradition
- Modern new religious movement drawing on Sant Mat and other sources
- Public geographic context
- United States
- Period / origin
- 1965 onward
- Living / historical status
- Living
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateUnited States
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Eckankar. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0235. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0235
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA