Jewish Mysticism
From the Heikhalot ascent literature through Sefer Yetzirah, the Bahir, the Zohar, and Lurianic Kabbalah into Hasidic interpretation.
Levant, Iberia, Eastern Europe · c. 200 CE -- present
Islamic Mysticism
Sufi metaphysics, Akbarian theosophy, the Illuminationist school, and the lettrist sciences. From Al-Ghazali and Ibn Arabi through Suhrawardi and into the living orders.
Arabia, Persia, Andalusia, Anatolia, the Maghreb · c. 800 CE -- present
Christian Mysticism
Apophatic theology and contemplative tradition. Pseudo-Dionysius, Eckhart, the Cloud of Unknowing, the Carmelite mystics, and Eastern Orthodox hesychasm.
Mediterranean, Western Europe, Byzantium · c. 200 CE -- present
Hellenistic and Hermetic
The Corpus Hermeticum, Chaldean Oracles, late-antique Neoplatonism, theurgy. The shared substrate behind the medieval esoteric traditions.
Egypt, Greek Mediterranean, Syria · c. 100 BCE -- 600 CE (with substantial later reception)