Great topic, I can't believed I missed this one so far!
Some useful quotations, first Sam using the Ring on the outskirts of Mordor:
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The world changed, and a single moment of time was filled with an hour of thought. At once he was aware that hearing was sharpened while sight was dimmed... All things about him now were not dark but vague; while he himself was there in a grey hazy world, alone, like a small black solid rock and the Ring, weighing down his left hand, was like an orb of hot gold. He did not feel invisible at all, but horribly and uniquely visible; and he knew that somewhere an Eye was searching for him.
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and then Frodo using it on Amon Hen:
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And suddenly he felt the Eye. There was an eye in the Dark Tower that did not sleep. He knew that it had become aware of his gaze. A fierce eager will was there. It leaped towards him; almost like a finger he felt it, searching for him. Very soon it would nail him down, know just exactly where he was. Amon Lhaw it touched. It glanced upon Tol Brandir he threw himself from the seat, crouching, covering his head with his grey hood.
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I don't have any good explanation, I'll have to sleep on it for now.
PS: whilst googling for ideas I stumbled upon this somewhat related and definitely very interesting thread:
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/archive...p?t-15558.html
I think that particular thread is worth re-visiting!