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The Afflicted Mirror: A Study of Ordeals and the Making of Compacts - Peter Hamilton-Giles rubber visiting new and exciting worldsA shared feature of genuine magical practice and religious experience is the impression of Otherness, an entic arena of alienation and unfamiliarity. Contrasted with the more comfortable and known spheres of the Self, this state apart provides not only inspiration and wonder, it is the dwelling place of the gods and the prime source of gnosis, direct experience with the divine. The Afflicted Mirror, based on a research paper presented at the 1996 AAA