The line of descent from an ancestor. In ceremonial magick and many Pagan traditions, the lineage is the line of initiation from the origination of the current group to the present day. For some people, lineage is very important, as it links a person to a group's egregore. The longer the lineage, the stronger the egregore. See also egregore.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...