Founders of Religions
Branches, Denominations, Cults, and Sects

 

Western ReligionsJudaism     Christianity     Islam

Eastern Religions:   Hinduism    Buddhism     Jainism    Sikhism      Taoism       Confucianism     Shintoism     Parsis (Zoroastrianism)

Secret SocietiesFreemasonry      Ku Klux Klan       Rosicrucianism      Theosophy      New Age    est

The Occult:    Divination (Astrology, Tarot...)      Magic (Withcraft, Wicca,    Satanism)     Spiritism (Spiritualism)     Alchemy.

Esoteric:  Mind Sciences  UFOs  Gurdjieff   Swedenborgianism  Atheism   Modernism

Animism:   Santeria, Macumba, Voodoo    American Indians   Greeks, Romans     Totemism, Maori     China, Pre-Hinduism, Babylon

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Judaism:  Abraham   Moses  

Johanan ben Zakkai (Rabbinic Judaism)

Moses de Leon (Kabbala)

Israel ben Eliezer (Modern Hasidism)

Moses Mendelson (The Haskala or Enlightenment)

Theodore Herzl (Zionism)

Moishe Rosen (Jews for Jesus)

 

Christianity: Jesus Christ, year 33, His Universal, Catholic Church, starting with St. Peter

Michael Cerularius, 1054  (Orthodox)

Martin Luther ,  1517 (Protestants, Lutherans)  

Zwingli, 1519 (Anabaptists, Hutterines, Mennonites, German Baptists, Dunkwards, Moravians, Separatists, Congregationalists, The Amish, Baptists)

Henry VIII1534 (Church of England, Methodists, Puritans, Episcopalians, Separatists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers,  Shakers, Unitarians, Universalism) 

Calvin , 1536 (Presbyterians, Duth Reformed, Huguenots, Puritans, Congregationalists)

Knox, 1560 (Presbyterians)

Cartwright, 1570 (Puritans)

Brown, 1582 (Congregationalists)

John Smith, 1605 (Baptists)

Seabury, 1620 (Episcopalians)

Fox, 1654 (Quakers)

Ann Lee, 1741 (Shakers)

Wesley, 1744 (Methodists)

Lindsay, 1774 (Unitarians)

Campbell and Stone, 1800 (Churches of Christ, Christian Church)

Miller, 1846 (Adventists)

Jones, 1865 (Salvation Army)

Parham, 1900 (Pentecostals)

 

CHRISTIAN CULTS:

J. Smith, 1830 (Mormons)

Kate Fox, 1848 (Spititualism)

Russell, 1852 (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Mary Baker, 1879 (Christian Science)

Fillmore, 1889 (Unity School of Christianity)

Armstrong, 1934 (Worldwide Church of God)

Moon, 1954 (Moonies)

Hubbard, 1954 (Scientology)

Hensley, 1955 (Snake Handlers)

Elisabeth Prophet, 1958 (Church Universal and Triumphant)

Lindsay... (Unitarian Universalist Assotiation, 1959)

"Mo" Berg, 1969 (Children of God)

Jim Jones, 1978 (People's Temple... guyana, Jonestown)

David Koresh, 1993 (Branch Davidians... Waco)

 

Islam: Muhammad

Abu   (Sunnis)

Ali   (Shiites)

Ahmad al-Quadina  (Sufi)

Timothy Drew  (Black Muslims)

Baha' U'llah   (Bahaism)

 

Hinduism: Thousands

Buddhism: Buddha

Dalai Lama: Tibetan Buddhism

Bodhidharma, Eisen, Dogen: Zen Buddhism

Nishiren:  Nishiren Shu, Soka Gakkay

Guru Maharishi Mahest Yogi:  Transcendental Meditation

His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhuda: Hare Krishna

Madame Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Theosophical Society

Marshall Herff Applewite:  Heaven's Gate

Bhagwan Rajneesh: Rajneeshism

Shoko Asahara: Aum Shinrikyo

Sri Chinmoy: In United Nations

Maharaj Ji:  Divine Light Mission

Swami Vivekenanda:  Vedanta Society

Annie Besant:  Krishnamurti Foundation of America

John Paul Twitchell:  Eckankar

Bubba Free John: Free Pimitive Church of Divine Communion

Dr. Richard Alpert: Hanuman Foundation

Sathya Sai Baba: Divine Mother-Father

Swami Rami:  Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science

Paramahansa Yogananda: Self-Realization Fellowship

Swami Muktananda Paramahansa:  Shree Gurudev Siddha Yoga Ashram

Yogi Bhajan:  3HO Foundation

Benjamin Creme:  Maitreya

 

Jainism:  Mahavira

Sikhism:  Guru Nanak

Taoism:  Lao-Tze

Confucianism:  Kung-futze

Shintoism:  Jinga, Kyoko

Zoroastrinaism, Parsis:  Zoroaster

Freemasonry:  Apple Tree Tavern, London, Anderson

Ku Klux Klan: Nathan Bedford Forrest

Rosicrucianism:  H. Spencer Lewis, Heindel...

Theosophy:   Madame Blavatsky

New Age:  Alice Bailey, Shirley McLaine...

est:  Werner Erhard

 

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