There are two ways to look at life, the scientific/mechanical model or there's "magic". It's an either/or proposition. As any good follower of Father Duffy knows, our quasi-clerical hero is foursquare on the side of "magic". But he doesn't make a big deal out of it because it's so routine for him. It happens every day and it flows effortlessly from his fingertips. Yes, Father Duffy, with full conscious assent, lives in a magic world.
Which is odd because his Pilgrim's Process plan, his way for extraordinary communications with God, is so mechanical. He, without apology, stole the plan from his former workplace. No harm no foul, he rationalizes. "I stole it for the common good and look at the good it will do, even if just a few follow the Pilgrim's Process plan."
A Pilgrim's Process plan is a machinist process plan that will bring the participant to a an endpoint in the plan called the Rub. The Rub is where ECWG occur.
In his Journals he often uses the casino slot machine metaphor to describe ECWG experience. These Divine Communiques can only be achieved if you are at the right place at the right time with the right word on your lips. If those conditions are fulfilled then just like at a casino slot, you could hit a jackpot, or ECWG. These two rare events are similar to each other in manifold ways.