Looking for feedback on a Divine Mesmerist archetype


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Long story short, I'm trying to homebrew a Mesmerist archetype that gives it more of a divine caster flavor. Any thoughts?

Alignment: A divine mesmerist's alignment must be within one step of his deity's, along either the law/chaos axis or the good/evil axis.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The divine mesmerist also gains proficiency with his deity's favored weapon. This alters the mesmerist's weapon and armor proficiency.

Aura (Ex): A divine mesmerist of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity's alignment (see detect evil for details).

Divine Spellcasting: A divine mesmerist casts divine spells drawn from the mesmerist spell list.
A divine mesmerist can't cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity's. Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good, and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions.
This alters spellcasting.

Divine Grace (Su): At 2nd level, a paladin gains a bonus equal to her Charisma bonus (if any) on all Saving Throws.
This ability replaces Mental Potency and Towering Ego.

Touch of God (Su): At 3rd level, the divine mesmerist can bring forth divine energy with a mere touch.
A good divine mesmerist (or a neutral divine mesmerist who worships a good deity) gains the Lay on Hands and Mercy class features, using his divine mesmerist level as his effective paladin level. An evil divine mesmerist (or a neutral divine mesmerist who worships an evil deity) gains the Touch of Corruption and Cruelty class features, using his divine mesmerist level as his effective antipaladin level. A neutral divine mesmerist of a neutral deity must choose one of these features. This choice cannot be changed.
This ability replaces Consummate Liar, Touch Treatment, and Glib Lie.

Mesmerists Tricks: In addition to the normal Mesmerist Tricks, the divine mesmerist may also select one of the following.
Destiny Bound: When the divine mesmerist implants this Trick, he must also expend a use of Lay on Hands or Touch of Corruption. This trick can be triggered when the subject takes damage. If the divine mesmerist expended a use of Lay on Hands, he heals the subject as if he had just used Lay on Hands, including any applicable Mercies. If he expended a use of Touch of Corruption, he damages the subject's attacker as if he had used Touch of Corruption, including a Cruelty.
Prayer Blending: When selecting this trick, the divine mesmerist must select a spell from the cleric class list of a mesmerist spell level he can cast. He adds this spell to his class list as a mesmerist spell of its cleric spell level. This does not add the spell to his list of spells known. He can instead select two spells to add in this way, but both must be at least one level lower than the highest-level mesmerist spell he can cast. A divine mesmerist can select this trick more than once.

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