The Map
Every tradition this library covers, and every one it has researched and not yet written. The two are never added together.
1134writtenentries you can read now
1,493mappedresearched, queued, not yet written
24familiesacross 554 traditions
Judaism
77 written128 mapped
- Judaism34+5
- Kabbalah25+56
- Modern Kabbalah6+2
- Hasidism2+20
- Jewish Mysticism2+6
- Judaism / Christianity2
- Merkavah Mysticism1+6
- Jewish Magic1+3
- Judaism / Christianity / Islam1+1
- Greek / Jewish / medieval1
- Kabbalah / Hellenistic1
- Moroccan Kabbalah1
- Sabbateanism+5
- Christian Kabbalah+4
- Frankism+3
- Second Temple Judaism+3
- Hasidei Ashkenaz+2
- Enochic Judaism+1
- Ethiopian Judaism+1
- Italian Kabbalah+1
- Jewish Demonology+1
- Jewish Folklore+1
- Jewish mysticism (Safed)+1
- Modern Jewish Culture+1
- Modern Jewish Mysticism+1
- Practical Kabbalah+1
- Rabbinic Judaism+1
- Sephardi Kabbalah+1
- Yemenite Judaism+1
Christianity
131 written50 mapped
- Christianity78+2
- Judeo-Christianity25+2
- Christian Mysticism15+21
- Catholic Christianity5
- Christian Cabala2+7
- Eastern Christianity2+3
- Christian Monasticism1
- Eastern Orthodoxy1
- Ethiopian Orthodox1
- Judeo-Christian Magic1
- Ethiopian Christianity+5
- Christian Theosophy+2
- Mexican folk Catholicism / Nahua+2
- Yoruba Christianity+2
- Coptic Egypt+1
- Latter Day Saint Movement+1
- Mexican folk Catholicism+1
- Pentecostal Christianity+1
Islam
74 written136 mapped
- Islam61+10
- Sufism5+68
- Islamic Esotericism2+14
- Ismailism2+7
- Yazidism1+5
- Alevism1+4
- Druze1+2
- Islamic Philosophy1+1
- Hurufism+3
- Shi'ism+3
- West African Islam+3
- Islamic esotericism+2
- Alawism+1
- Alevism (Anatolia)+1
- Illuminationism+1
- Indian Sufism+1
- Indo-Persian Sufism+1
- Islam / Sufism+1
- Islamic Astrology+1
- Islamic Neoplatonism+1
- Nation of Islam (United States)+1
- Sokoto Sufism+1
- Sufism in the West+1
- Twelver Shi'ism+1
- Yazidi+1
- Yezidi+1
Hinduism
46 written74 mapped
- Hinduism13+4
- Hindu Tantra6+3
- Modern Yoga3
- Kashmir Shaivism2+2
- Advaita Vedanta2+1
- Indian Astrology1+5
- Vedic1+5
- Modern Hinduism1+4
- Nath Sampradaya1+3
- Shaivism1+3
- Upanishadic1+3
- Integral Yoga1+2
- Shaktism1+2
- Sri Vidya1+2
- Baul1+1
- Hatha Yoga1+1
- Aghor1
- Ajivika1
- Hindu (Yoga)1
- Hindu / Nāth1
- Indian Materialism1
- Indus Valley1
- Kashmir Shaivism and Modern Esotericism1
- Vaishnava Tantra1
- Vedanta and Yoga1
- Kriya Yoga+3
- Jyotisha+2
- Sant Tradition+2
- Shakta Tantra+2
- Ayurveda+1
- Bengali Shakta+1
- Dharmashastra+1
- Dvaita Vedanta+1
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism+1
- Hindu / Zoroastrian+1
- Hindu Cosmology+1
- Indo-Islamic Yoga+1
- Kaula Shaivism+1
- Nath and Avadhuta+1
- Navnath Sampradaya+1
- Neo-Advaita+1
- Samkhya+1
- Sant Mat+1
- Tamil Bhakti+1
- Tamil Shaivism+1
- Tamil Siddha+1
- Tamil Vaishnavism+1
- Tantra+1
- Vaishnavism+1
- Vedic Ritual Geometry+1
- Virashaiva+1
- Vishishtadvaita Vedanta+1
- Yoga+1
Buddhism
21 written85 mapped
- Vajrayana Buddhism5+21
- Zen Buddhism5+16
- Buddhism3+11
- Japanese Buddhism1+8
- Tibetan Buddhism1+2
- Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism1+1
- Madhyamaka Buddhism1
- Modern / Tibetan1
- Theravada Buddhism1
- Vipassana1
- Western Buddhism1
- Buddhist Tantra+4
- Channelled Revelation+4
- Channelling+4
- Chinese Buddhism+2
- Bon+1
- Buddhist Revival+1
- Buddhist Tantra / Hatha Yoga+1
- Chan / Rinzai Zen+1
- Hindu and Buddhist Tantra+1
- Mongolian Buddhism+1
- Pure Land Buddhism+1
- Tiantai Buddhism+1
- Tibetan Buddhism (claimed)+1
- Tibetan Buddhism (Kadam)+1
- Tibetan Buddhism / Indian Tantra+1
- Tibetan Buddhism in the West+1
Jainism
1 written5 mapped
Sikhism
4 written3 mapped
Zoroastrianism
4 written15 mapped
- Zoroastrian2+11
- Zoroastrianism1+2
- Roman Mithraism1
- Achaemenid+2
East Asia
113 written71 mapped
- I Ching73+4
- Chinese17
- Taoism6+25
- East Asian Traditions4
- Chinese Divination3+8
- Daoism2
- Shinto1+9
- Chinese Alchemy1+4
- Chinese / Taoism1
- Chinese cosmology1
- Japanese1
- Japanese (Heian court)1
- Japanese Healing1
- Korean musok1
- Korean Traditions+8
- Japanese Esotericism+3
- Onmyodo+3
- Chinese (Shang)+1
- Chinese Geomancy+1
- Chinese New Religion+1
- Chinese Sectarianism+1
- Chinese Shamanism+1
- Japanese Folk Religion+1
- Japanese New Religion+1
Southeast Asia & Oceania
2 written6 mapped
- Aboriginal Australia1
- Polynesian / Māori1
- Vietnamese Traditions+5
- Hawaiian+1
Central & North Asia
7 written12 mapped
Africa
31 written99 mapped
- Yoruba8+8
- Haitian Vodou2+9
- Diaspora Yoruba (United States)2
- Akan1+3
- Hoodoo (United States)1+2
- Louisiana Voodoo1+2
- Hoodoo1+1
- Spiritual Baptist (Trinidad)1+1
- Yoruba and diaspora1+1
- Zulu1+1
- African Diaspora1
- Azande (Central Africa)1
- Black Atlantic1
- Bwiti (Gabon)1
- Ethiopian and Sudanese1
- Hausa (Nigeria and Niger)1
- Jamaican Revival1
- Juǀʼhoansi (Kalahari)1
- Lucumí1
- Mende, Vai and Kpelle (Sierra Leone and Liberia)1
- Southern African (Nguni)1
- Xhosa1
- Rastafari+6
- Candomblé (Brazil)+4
- Afro-Cuban+3
- Kongo+3
- Dogon+2
- Fon and Ewe+2
- Lucumí (Cuba)+2
- Shona (Zimbabwe)+2
- |Xam San (South Africa)+1
- Abakuá (Cuba)+1
- Acholi / Pan-African scholarship+1
- African American+1
- African-American (New York)+1
- African-American esotericism+1
- African-American fraternalism+1
- African-American religion+1
- Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba+1
- Caribbean Spiritism+1
- Chewa (Malawi and Zambia)+1
- Cross River+1
- Dogon (Mali)+1
- European accounts of West Africa+1
- Garveyism and Rastafari+1
- Gnawa (Morocco)+1
- Gullah Geechee (United States)+1
- Gullah Geechee and the Black Atlantic+1
- Hoodoo and Haitian Vodou+1
- Igbo (Nigeria)+1
- Jamaican Maroon+1
- Kardecist Spiritism+1
- Kemetic esotericism (United States)+1
- Kongo (Central Africa)+1
- Luba (Democratic Republic of Congo)+1
- Mande (Mali and Guinea)+1
- Mande and diaspora+1
- Nazareth Baptist Church (Zulu)+1
- Ndembu (Zambia)+1
- New Orleans Spiritual Churches+1
- Nyabingi (Uganda and Rwanda)+1
- Obeah (Caribbean)+1
- Palo (Cuba)+1
- Pan-African scholarship+1
- Pan-African scholarship (Kamba, Kenya)+1
- San+1
- Saramaka and Ndyuka (Suriname)+1
- Shona+1
- Sidi (India)+1
- Songhay and Zarma (Niger)+1
- Southern Africa+1
- Umbanda (Brazil)+1
- Vodou+1
- Vodou and Hoodoo+1
- West and Central African and diaspora+1
- Winti (Suriname)+1
- Yoruba and Lucumí+1
The Americas
49 written80 mapped
- Maya5+7
- Andean4+5
- Lakota3+1
- Hopi2
- Maya / Modern Esotericism2
- Native American Church2
- Aztec/Mexica1+11
- Andean/Inca1+5
- Haudenosaunee1+2
- Maya (K'iche')1+1
- Oglala Lakota1+1
- Amazonian / Brazilian1
- American Folk Divination1
- Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco)1
- Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)1
- Attributed Indigenous Texts1
- California and Southwest nations1
- Guaraní1
- Hopi and Pueblo nations1
- Maya (Guatemala)1
- Mazatec (Oaxaca)1
- Mexica revival1
- Mexican / Mexican-American folk healing1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Andean1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Mesoamerican1
- Modern Esotericism / falsely claimed Cherokee1
- Modern Esotericism / Maya1
- Native American Church / United States law1
- Native American Church / Wixárika / Aztec1
- Native American Critique1
- Northern Paiute / Lakota and others1
- Pan-American1
- Quechua (Andes)1
- Shawnee / Delaware / Columbia Plateau1
- Shipibo-Konibo / Amazonian1
- Standing Rock Sioux / Native American thought1
- United States federal policy1
- Amazonian+3
- Diné (Navajo)+3
- Amazonian / Brazilian syncretic+2
- Inuit+2
- Yanomami+2
- Adena / Fort Ancient+1
- Afrocentric historiography / Olmec+1
- Algonquian+1
- Andean (Chavín)+1
- Andean (Nasca)+1
- Andean (Tiwanaku)+1
- Andean / Colonial Spanish+1
- Aztec+1
- Aztec/Mexica / Mazatec+1
- Comanche / Native American Church+1
- Haudenosaunee (Seneca)+1
- Kogi+1
- Kwakwaka'wakw+1
- Lakota and many others+1
- Lenape+1
- Maya (Achi)+1
- Maya (Yucatec)+1
- Maya (Yucatec) / Cruzob+1
- Maya / Colonial Spanish+1
- Mazatec+1
- Mesoamerican / Andean+1
- Modern Esotericism / appropriated Lakota+1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Aztec+1
- Muisca+1
- Muscogee and Southeastern nations+1
- North American / 19th-century pseudoarchaeology+1
- North American / United States law+1
- Northern Paiute+1
- Northwest Coast nations+1
- Olmec+1
- Plains nations+1
- Purépecha (Tarascan)+1
- Shipibo-Konibo+1
- Taíno+1
- Wixárika (Huichol)+1
Ancient Egypt
11 written48 mapped
- Egyptian6+21
- Greco-Egyptian2+12
- Egyptian Revival1+5
- Ancient Egypt1
- Graeco-Egyptian Magic1
- Egyptology and Occultism+3
- Egyptology+2
- Greco-Egyptian Alchemy+2
- Egyptian and Canaanite+1
- Egyptian Hermeticism+1
- Northeast African (Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt)+1
Mesopotamia
10 written26 mapped
- Mesopotamian7+18
- Ancient Near East1+1
- Babylonian Astrology1
- Israelite and Canaanite1
- Canaanite+2
- Hittite+2
- Canaanite / Israelite religion+1
- Phoenician and Punic+1
- Sumerian+1
Greece & Rome
39 written78 mapped
- Greek11+2
- Gnosticism8+27
- Hermeticism5+10
- Neoplatonism3+16
- Greco-Roman2
- Pythagoreanism2
- Arthurian Romance1+1
- Catharism1+1
- Orphism1+1
- Platonism1+1
- Classical Greek Philosophy1
- Mediterranean / Near Eastern1
- Presocratic Philosophy1
- Stoicism1
- Manichaeism+5
- Mandaeism+4
- Roman+2
- Anatolian Neolithic+1
- Bogomilism+1
- Etruscan+1
- Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor+1
- Levantine+1
- Mandaean+1
- Manichaean+1
- Middle Platonism+1
Norse & Germanic
42 written34 mapped
- Norse34+24
- Germanic8+6
- Heathenry+2
- Anglo-Saxon+1
- North American pseudoarchaeology / Norse+1
Celtic
22 written22 mapped
- Celtic21+21
- Modern Druidry1
- Celtic (Scottish / Irish)+1
Slavic & Baltic
9 written39 mapped
- Slavic7+13
- Finnic1+9
- Russian Esotericism1
- Baltic+11
- Estonian+3
- Finno-Ugric+1
- Russian New Religion+1
- Slavic Native Faith+1
European Folklore
45 written
Western Esotericism
239 written303 mapped
- Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot79
- Modern Esotericism33+26
- Astrology25+3
- Alchemy16+3
- Modern Astrology9+7
- Western Esotericism8+2
- Renaissance Magic6+13
- French Occult Revival5+5
- Wicca5+3
- Pagan5
- Latin Alchemy4+27
- Thelema4+12
- Golden Dawn3+10
- The Fourth Way3+8
- New Thought3
- Theosophy2+25
- Freemasonry2+14
- Grimoire Tradition2+5
- Internet Esotericism2+2
- Modern Paganism2+2
- Spiritualism1+9
- Rosicrucianism1+7
- Traditionalism1+6
- Chaos Magic1+5
- Discordianism1+4
- History of Esotericism1+4
- Arabic Alchemy1+3
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn1+3
- Modern Western Magic1+3
- Ascended Master Teachings1+1
- Grail Literature1+1
- Reclaiming1+1
- Spiritism1+1
- Theosophy and Art1+1
- Alexandrian Wicca1
- French Alchemy1
- Modern Grimoire1
- Modern Satanism1
- Neo-Nazi Occultism1
- Prophecy1
- Theosophy / Golden Dawn1
- Anthroposophy+7
- Hellenistic Astrology+6
- Divinatory Arts+5
- Modern Witchcraft+5
- American Occultism+4
- Ariosophy+4
- Mesmerism+4
- Modern Western occultism+3
- Anti-Masonic Hoax+2
- Grimoire tradition+2
- Indian Alchemy+2
- Italian Esotericism+2
- Martinism+2
- Medieval Astrology+2
- Modern esotericism+2
- Occultism and the State+2
- Sexual Magic+2
- Tarot+2
- Afrocentric esotericism+1
- American Metaphysical Religion+1
- Bavarian Illuminati+1
- Central European Magic+1
- Chaos magic+1
- Dianic Wicca+1
- Divination+1
- Earth Mysteries+1
- Elizabethan occultism+1
- Enochian Magic+1
- Folk Magic+1
- French Occultism+1
- History of Paganism+1
- History of Witchcraft+1
- Knights Templar+1
- Medieval Magic+1
- Medieval Transmission+1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Nasca+1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Toltec+1
- Modern Esotericism / claimed Yaqui-Toltec+1
- Occult Fiction+1
- Occultism and India+1
- Paracelsian esotericism+1
- Popular occultism+1
- Psychoactive Esotericism+1
- Renaissance Astrology+1
- Sacred Geometry+1
- Sinology and Occultism+1
- Swedenborgianism+1
Depth Psychology
10 written5 mapped
Modern & Contemporary
38 written47 mapped
- Modern Conspiracism6+7
- New Age4+5
- Entheogens4+2
- Fringe Archaeology2+4
- Psychedelia2+4
- Fringe Science2+1
- Parapsychology2+1
- Psychedelic Research2+1
- Modern Rune Divination2
- Psychical Research1+3
- Lost Continents1+1
- Psychedelic Chemistry1+1
- Human Potential1
- Modern conspiracy esotericism1
- Modern Numerology1
- New Age / Internet Esotericism1
- Plains nations / modern1
- Rationalist Pantheism1
- Sacred geometry (New Age)1
- Soviet Parapsychology1
- UFO Lore1
- Modern Forgeries+3
- Ancient Astronaut Theory+2
- Conspiracy Literature+2
- Modern Hoax+2
- 19th-century pseudoarchaeology+1
- Alternative History+1
- Anomalistics+1
- Internet Folklore+1
- Modern pseudoarchaeology+1
- Modern Religion+1
- Modern Ritual+1
- Modern Sound Healing+1
Comparative & Scholarly
109 written127 mapped
- Cross-Tradition52+81
- Comparative Religion47+28
- Mathematics5+2
- Scholarship2+3
- History of Religions1
- Psychology of Divination1
- Renaissance humanism1
- Comparative Mythology+3
- Cross-tradition+2
- Academic Study of Mysticism+1
- Afrocentric scholarship (Senegal)+1
- Comparative Mysticism+1
- cross-tradition+1
- History of Antisemitism+1
- Kwakwaka'wakw / American anthropology+1
- Moorish Science+1
- Psychology of Religion+1