You know that quest with that Path of Reason, or whatever it's called ? Read a solution on how to get by it, and it just said "Run really fast, and the mines can't hurt you." So, here's a tip on how to do it without setting of the mines -at all-:
You did read that note with "The Runes and their twins are the path of life" or something ? (been a while) So, study the Path from overhead. You'll see a lot of runes, and guess what ? Many of them have identical runes laying next to them, forming a...path ! Walk this path, and the mines won't go off at all !