The Track List

Opening the Eyes of the Sleeping

This spell allows the caster to introduce an energy field into the target’s waking life.  Once under the spell the target will begin, on a subtle level, to experience and perceive the world as it really is.  They will see spirits hiding in corners, hear secrets pass between unseen lips, and will be forced to see that magick IS real.  The effects of the spell are temporary, but sufficient to force the target to question their values, dogma, and sense of self.  This spell is simply and energy field placed upon the target that heightens their level of enhanced perception.  A simple spell yes, but very taxing as the energy field is drained by disbelief, so must be maintained constantly.  This is the reason such a spell is not regularly performed, so it’s use must be a well-timed as possible.
(Components) More often than not the best method is to take the target in hand drag them along on a magical adventure. Though a carefully placed symbol or talisman will do to forge the link.

This is your Life

A very mana intensive spell in which the caster, via the spell, causes the target to examine their own life with brutal honesty and merciless pessimism.  If done with enough force, the target will suffer the spell’s effects on a more fundamental level, with the victim often spiraling down into a genuine self-destructive depression long after the spell has worn off.  This spell is cast by establishing a firm visualization of the target, and probing for their more sensitive negative feelings and thoughts, once found, those elements are empowered by the caster and then pointed out cruelly in conversation, thus adding the potency of the caster’s mana to the spell.
(Components) Verbal manipulation and derision work best if done in a social setting, thus providing both an advantage to the higher mana of the caster and increasing the caster’s mana should the spell be successful.

Face in the Crowd

This spell allows the goth mage to effectively disappear from notice or perception amongst even the smallest of crowds.  This is an especially useful spell, given that most goth mages are quite striking in appearance.  The caster summons up the awareness and palpable presence of the crowd, and uses it to overpower her own presence, both physically and spiritually.  Her pattern will be permeated and overtaken by that of the crowd, thus only the most earnest of seekers will be able to single her out.  Once blended and blanketed by the crowd the mage must remain in proximity of the group in order to maintain the spell.
(Components) Usually none are used physically other than physical attempts at inclusion and perhaps a talisman or fetish item created specially to focus the power of the mage towards that very spell.

Bum a Dollar from the Universe

By using this spell the goth mage in financial despair is able to summon forth cash, seemingly as if from thin air.  The caster summons up an energy pattern that is attuned to cash and visualizes grafting it to his or her own aura.  Then the caster walks the streets, the spell enhancing and attuning the senses to subtle currents of reality in relation to money.  The result of the spell is that the caster is able to be the person who “finds” the loose change and lost bills in the immediate environment.  While this seems like a small time sort of spell, an extra five dollars could get you out of tight spot someday.  An extra quarter or two could mean the difference between going hungry and not. Also the more powerful the mage, the more cash will be found, in larger denominations.
(Components) Some magi prefer to put the spell into a small coin and swallow it or make a loadstone out of it, though one could simply hold it under the tongue.  Others roll up a bill and place it behind their ear or play with it in their hands like a worrystone whilst they make the journey.

It’s the Little Things that Kill

This hex is used to cause all manner of minor inconveniences in the daily life of the victim.  The mage focuses upon the target while forging a connection, be it sympathetic or purely an energy bond.  Then, while the link is active, the caster introduces massive amounts of entropy energy patterns into the life of the target with extreme negative intentions.  The victim will find themselves tripping over their own feet, losing car keys, forgetting important meetings, utilities not working properly, or perhaps the spell manifests and simple and extreme bad luck.  Another variation of the spell is one that removes the joy from daily activities.  The victim finds that food no longer tastes just right, music is not so soothing as before, as all of the small pleasures in life that are taken for granted are stripped of meaning and reduced to hollow activities.
(Components) A strong sympathetic connection is recommended, be it in the form of personal items like nail and hair samples, or simply an image.  The use of mana in this spell is somewhat limited, given that once the spell’s presence is noticed it can be struggled against, so is best done in secret.

Goth Glamour
Everyone makes a big deal about dressing up to go out, but goth mages make this mundane activity into a powerful ritual.  They play carefully selected music while taking great care with each nuance of clothing, make-up, and jewelry.  With immaculate precision or haphazard application, the goth mage weaves a spell upon themselves.  It is a highly individual act, yet every glamour simultaneously as armor, a persona, and any specific element the goth mage chooses to present.  This could be a presentation of power, a force that compels others to protect or pay attention to the caster, or even a seductive or repulsive pattern that works at the caster’s behest.  This spell is cast by empowering each article of clothing, streak of make-up, or accessory with the desired energy pattern, and adding it to the eclectic whole of the persona being created.
(Components) Clothes, music, make-up, jewelry, incense, perhaps even a partner to do the dressing.  One’s personal mana does a great deal to both empower and flavor the spell.

Survey the Herd

This is a spell designed to enable the caster to make a cursory examination of the crowd in the immediate vicinity. By attuning herself to the energy patterns of surface thoughts, moods, and mana, the goth mage can survey a crowd and glean a great deal of information.  Who is dating who, the hierarchy of leadership and degrees of pack mentality, alliances, rivalries, and general threat levels in the room.  A useful spell for observing the environment as a precursor to an attempt at gaining more mana.  Besides, you look cool doing it, even if no one is watching.
(Components) One might find that a good vantage point for physical observations lends itself well to this spell, allowing the caster to put faces with the information gleaned from the spell.

Coffee

This is a very low-key ritual spell that is very integral to the goth magical culture.  While not all do, a significant portion of the goth scene denizens frequent one or more local coffee houses on a regular basis.  This constant presence provides for a good smoke screen, covering from prying eyes the tremendous amounts of magical energy trafficking.  The goth mage who uses this spell is able to impart power, transmit simple emotions or intuitions, or partake of power at will.  The caster focuses on a cup of coffee, or other beverage, infusing the cup with either their own magical energy, empower it by drawing down external energy, or integrate their feelings into the warm liquid.  When the coffee is ingested, the person drinking it will receive a power infusion from another’s donated energy, become enlivened by external power should the caster seek to boost his or herself, or transmit the feeling or impulse to another who drinks.  The possible uses of the spell could be boosting the energy of a friend or ally in need, empowering oneself, or passing subtle warnings or impulses onto others.  Plus coffee is full of caffeine and just tastes good.
(Components) A cup of coffee or other beverage.  It work best to either hold the cup, breathe into it, or stir it.  This is a very physical spell, and physical actions transmit the spell best.