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In these cases, and many others like them, the Double is peripatetic, and is not projected, as a thought form might be, to a predetermined spot like a figure on a screen. Though speech was absent — and speech presupposes Etheric completeness — there was a tactual efficiency which is by no means common, and, in Elsie's case, there was a definite and particular recollection of detail. Her case is, indeed, one of exceptional interest, since the emotional factor had, doubtless, a great deal to do with its success. An unconscious projection from sleep, after willing to make the journey, where the traveller, though both seen and heard, was unaware of her success, is described by Mrs. L., of Wanganui, New Zealand. It was the first outing of her Double and happened on April 10th, 1929. Some of her friends were holding a seance at a considerable distance, and being ill in bed and anxious to join them, she determined to try to be present in spirit, hoping she might be able to show herself and even to speak. She began her effort quite early in the evening, falling to sleep about eight o'clock. When she woke next morning she had no memory even of a dream, but later, those who had been present at the Circle called to express their great surprise that er form, even to the nightgown and jewellery on her wrist, had appeared at the seance, and having spoken to them, had vanished. Mrs. L. was able to furnish the names of all parties involved in the incident. Here is an instance of how evanescent such memories are, even when the Double has been stimulated to a mental effort. It is recorded in Phantasms of the Living, and the percipient Z. was the Rev. Stainton Moses, the agent and narrator being one of his friends.