Magic spells which are placed upon people with the intention of harming them. The misfortune intended by curses can range from illness, and harm, to even death.
See Casting Black Magic Spells, Commanding Spirits, The Tarot Store and Divination & Scrying Tools and Supplies.
Sources: (1) Dictionary of the Occult, Caxton Publishing; (2) Spence, Lewis, An Encyclopedia of Occultism, Carol Publishing Group.
Though Vinge may not have realized it, magic spells are not mere metaphors for encryption schemes.
And Apuleius saith in his Apology, that the youth to be initiated to divination by magick spels [magic spells], ought to be chosen, sound without sickness, ingenious, comely, perfect in his members, of a quick spirit, eloquent in speech, ...
There are, who can by potent magic spells,
Bend to their crooked purpose Nature's laws. -- MILTON ...
Solomon is the reputed author of a number of grimoires; books of magic spells and talismans. The most famous of these are the Lemegeton, containing the infamous "Goetia," and the Greater Key of Solomon.
The later Book of the Dead discusses the weighing of the soul and the need for passwords and magic spells at various stages of the journey.
There is no set of specific spells that are considered to be "Chaos Magic Spells". A Chaos Magician will use the same spells as those of other paths, or those of his/her own making.
 See also: Spell, Spells, Magic, Spirit, World
  
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