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{{Mage/Spell
|Name=Read the Depths
|Source = Mage The Awakening Sourcebook
|Pages = p.215
|Mind = 4
|SL=Drawing Aside the Inmost Veil
}}
The mage can telepathically enter a subject’s subconscious. This includes the ability to read an individual’s memories as opposed to just his surface thoughts.

* Practice: [[Spell Practice::Patterning]]
* [[Action]]: [[Action::Instant]] and contested; target rolls [[Pool::Composure]] + Gnosis reflexively
* [[Duration]]: [[Duration::Prolonged]] (vs. Sleepers) or transitory (vs. mages and other supernatural targets)
* '''Aspect:''' [[Spell Aspect::Covert]]
* Cost: [[Cost::None]]

Particularly remote or traumatic memories (such as an instance of child abuse) might levy penalties to access (perhaps –3 for the child abuse). The ability to enter a subject’s subconscious allows the mage to divine that individual’s Virtue and Vice, among other things.

If the target is a mage with at least '''[[Mind]] {{dot1}}''', he might have an idea via his Unseen Senses<ref name="Unseen Senses">MtA Sourcebook p. 110</ref> that he is being “read.” A reflexive [[Pool::Wits]] + Composure roll is made to sense intrusion into his subconscious. He can know nothing about the intrusion unless he casts magic (such as [[Third Eye]]) to learn more. Most mages react by first erecting a [[Mental Shield]].

With '''[[Mind]] {{dot5}}''', this spell can be cast with a prolonged [[Duration]] against mages or other supernatural targets.

Silver Ladder Rote: Drawing Aside the Inmost Veil
* Dice Pool: [[Pool::Manipulation]] + [[Pool::Empathy Skill|Empathy]] + [[Pool::Mind]] vs. [[Pool::Composure]] + Gnosis
By delving into the hidden memories of others, a Ladder willworker can determine how best to exert her will over them. Some people can be manipulated through their altruism, others through their greed. Mages of all orders recognize the usefulness of this rote, so all with the means are known to employ it.

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