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Traditions

The archive is organized around religions, mythologies, esoteric systems, and disputed traditions. Some areas already have readable source texts. Others are marked clearly while public-domain editions, permissions, and source notes are prepared.

44
Traditions tracked
35
With readable texts
9
Being prepared
Religion

17 areas

Judaism / Hebrew Bible

Levant / DiasporaIron Age onward

Tanakh, rabbinic tradition, Second Temple context, Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, and later interpretive streams.

40 readable texts

Christianity

Levant / Global1st century CE

New Testament, early church writings, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Ethiopian, and esoteric Christian streams.

31 readable texts

Hinduism

Indian subcontinentBronze Age onward

Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, yoga, Vedanta, bhakti, gods, avatars, karma, and liberation.

9 readable texts

Islam

Arabia / Global7th century CE

Quran, hadith handling, tafsir, Sufi writings, Iblis traditions, prophets, law, and eschatology.

8 readable texts

Buddhism

Indian subcontinent / Asia / Global5th century BCE

Pali canon, Mahayana sutras, Vajrayana handling, Dhammapada, bodhisattvas, rebirth, emptiness, and awakening.

7 readable texts

Catholic Christianity

Mediterranean / Global1st century CE

Catholic canon, deuterocanonical books, church fathers, councils, saints, mystics, and liturgical tradition.

7 readable texts

Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Mediterranean / Slavic world1st century CE

Greek and Slavic Orthodox collections, patristic writings, icons, liturgy, councils, and mystical theology.

7 readable texts

Zoroastrianism

Iran / Persia2nd millennium-1st millennium BCE

Avesta, Ahura Mazda, Angra Mainyu, cosmic dualism, judgment, fire symbolism, and Persian religious influence.

4 readable texts

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Ethiopia / Eritrea4th century CE

The broader Ethiopian biblical collection, including 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Meqabyan, and Tewahedo tradition.

3 readable texts

African Traditional Religions

AfricaAncient onward

Ancestor veneration, spirits, creator traditions, divination, ritual authority, oral transmission, and ethical handling.

2 readable texts

Jainism

Indian subcontinent1st millennium BCE

Tirthankaras, ahimsa, karma, liberation, Jain cosmology, and source-safe handling of Jain texts.

2 readable texts

Shinto

JapanAncient Japan onward

Kami, Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, shrine tradition, purity, mythic origins, and Japanese religious practice.

2 readable texts

Sikhism

Punjab / Global15th century CE

Guru Granth Sahib handling, the Gurus, devotion, justice, scripture as living Guru, and Sikh tradition.

2 readable texts

African Diaspora Religions

Caribbean / Americas / GlobalEarly modern onward

Vodou, Santeria/Lucumi, Candomble, Orisha traditions, syncretism, ritual secrecy, and source-sensitive handling.

1 source guide

Mandaeism

Mesopotamia / DiasporaLate antiquity

John the Baptist traditions, Ginza Rabba, ritual purity, light-world cosmology, and Mandaean scripture.

8 source guides

Samaritan Tradition

LevantAncient Israelite period onward

Samaritan Pentateuch, Mount Gerizim, Israelite continuity claims, and Jewish-Samaritan textual differences.

8 source guides

Yoruba / Ifa

West Africa / DiasporaAncient onward

Orisha traditions, Ifa divination, praise poetry, ritual practice, diaspora continuities, and source-sensitive handling.

9 source guides
Modern Religion

3 areas

Mormonism / Latter-day Saints

United States / Global19th century CE

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, restoration claims, temple theology, and modern scripture.

3 readable texts

Satanism

Western / Global19th-20th century CE onward

Literary Satan, romantic Satanism, LaVeyan Satanism, theistic Satanism, modern groups, ethics, and ritual texts.

3 readable texts

Baha'i Faith

Persia / Global19th century CE

Writings of the Bab, Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, progressive revelation, unity, and global religion.

7 source guides
Esoteric Religion

1 areas

Gnostic / Alternative Early Christian

Egypt / Levant1st-4th century CE

Nag Hammadi texts, Thomas, Mary, Apocryphon of John, Sophia, Demiurge, archons, and salvation by knowledge.

8 readable texts
Esoteric Tradition

1 areas

Hermeticism

Egyptian / Hellenistic worldLate antiquity

Corpus Hermeticum, Hermes Trismegistus, mind, cosmos, ascent, alchemy, astrology, and Western esoteric reception.

3 readable texts
Occult Tradition

1 areas

Ceremonial Magic

Western esotericMedieval onward

Grimoires, Solomonic magic, angelic names, ritual tools, planetary magic, Golden Dawn, and ceremonial practice.

2 readable texts
Folk Practice

1 areas

Folk Magic / White Magic

GlobalAncient onward

Healing charms, protective rites, cunning folk, rootwork handling, household magic, and source-sensitive practice.

2 readable texts
Modern Paganism

1 areas

Wicca / Witchcraft

Western / Global20th century CE

Wicca, witchcraft, goddess and horned god symbolism, seasonal rites, spellcraft, and modern pagan practice.

2 readable texts
Mythology

9 areas

Egyptian Mythology

EgyptBronze Age

Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead, Osiris, Isis, Ra, underworld judgment, magic, and kingship.

6 readable texts

Greek Mythology

Greece / MediterraneanBronze Age-Classical

Hesiod, Homeric hymns, Olympians, Titans, underworld, heroes, mystery cults, and Greek philosophical reception.

6 readable texts

Celtic Mythology

Ireland / Britain / GaulAncient-medieval sources

Irish and Welsh myth cycles, druids, heroic material, otherworlds, gods, saints' lives, and folklore transmission.

5 readable texts

Norse Mythology

Scandinavia / North AtlanticMedieval sources preserving older material

Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Odin, Loki, Ragnarok, runes, cosmology, and Germanic mythic tradition.

4 readable texts

Polynesian Mythology

Pacific IslandsAncient onward

Maori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, and wider Polynesian mythic traditions, genealogies, gods, and navigation stories.

4 readable texts

Roman Mythology

Rome / MediterraneanClassical antiquity

Roman gods, imperial cult, Virgil, Ovid, household religion, syncretism, and Roman ritual practice.

4 readable texts

Mesoamerican Mythology

MesoamericaAncient onward

Maya, Aztec/Nahua, Popol Vuh handling, calendars, creator figures, underworld journeys, and colonial-era records.

3 readable texts

Mesopotamian Mythology

MesopotamiaBronze Age

Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian myth: Enuma Elish, Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, gods, flood, and kingship.

3 readable texts

Andean Mythology

AndesAncient onward

Inca and Andean sacred narratives, creator beings, ancestors, mountains, colonial chronicles, and living traditions.

2 readable texts
Ancient Religion

1 areas

Canaanite / Ugaritic Religion

LevantBronze Age

Baal cycle, El, Asherah, Anat, divine council language, and the religious world around ancient Israel.

6 source guides
Restricted / Oral Tradition

2 areas

Aboriginal Australian Traditions

AustraliaAncient onward

Publicly shareable material only; restricted stories, sites, names, and ceremonial knowledge require ethical exclusion.

1 source guide

Indigenous Americas

North, Central, and South AmericaAncient onward

Native and Indigenous traditions handled with care: public sources only, no restricted ceremonial material.

8 source guides
Scriptural Collection

1 areas

Second Temple / Pseudepigrapha

Levant3rd c. BCE - 1st c. CE

1 Enoch, Jubilees, apocalyptic texts, Dead Sea Scrolls context, angelology, calendars, and judgment traditions.

3 readable texts
Religion / Philosophy

1 areas

Taoism

China6th century BCE onward

Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi, inner alchemy, immortals, ritual Taoism, the Way, and Chinese religious context.

3 readable texts
Philosophy / Religion

1 areas

Confucianism

China / East Asia6th century BCE

Analects, rites, virtue, family, social order, statecraft, and East Asian classical tradition.

5 readable texts
Modern Movement

1 areas

New Age / Modern Spirituality

Global20th century CE

Channeled material, ascension systems, syncretic spirituality, metaphysical claims, and modern visionary texts.

1 source guide
Esoteric Movement

1 areas

Luciferianism

Western / Global19th century CE onward

Lucifer as light-bearer, rebellion, illumination, self-deification, literary sources, and modern esoteric movements.

3 readable texts
Modern Esoteric Movement

1 areas

Theosophy / New Thought

Western / Global19th century CE

Theosophy, New Thought, ascended masters, esoteric Christianity, karma/reincarnation blends, and modern metaphysical texts.

14 readable texts
Mystical Tradition

1 areas

Kabbalah

Jewish / Mediterranean / GlobalMedieval onward

Sefer Yetzirah, Zohar handling, sefirot, divine emanation, merkavah, names, and Jewish mystical interpretation.

2 readable texts