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certain phases of its operation; and, though he does not speak of projection, the description of his outings could be covered by no other term. "In order," he writes, "to avoid using such a phrase as 'My spirit went to London while I remained in Bournemouth', which is a somewhat too definite statement, and also makes the 'spirit', which is the real 'I', appear to be secondary to the body—I have decided to use 'I' in inverted commas to denote that part of my consciousness, or 'being', which appears to function at a distance from the body, and to use 'Me' with a capital M and in inverted commas to denote the body which remains at home and is apparently fully conscious, normal and in no way entranced." His "I" is, of course, the Etheric Double, but his psychic gift enables him to communicate with the part of him left behind, which remains conscious and receptive. We have seen how, with the ordinary projectionist, the physical body, though apparently unconscious, can transmit urgent messages to the distant Double by means of the Cord; and in Mr. Turvey's case the transmission works both ways. Mr. Turvey dislikes being called a medium, because, as he points out: "(1) A medium is one who is or has been entranced or 'controlled'. I have never been entranced. (2) A medium is (generally) one who has 'developed' his gifts by sitting in 'circles', etc. I was born with my faculties. (3) A medium is functioned through (or functions) by becoming mentally 'passive'. I function by mental activity." Of course there are mediums as outside Mr. Turvey's category as he is himself but his points are worth noting. His gift is used in three ways which he describes as: Long-distance clairvoyance, Mental-body-travelling, and Phone-voyance. It is the first two which specially concern us.