The ability to read minds, see into the past and future, and sense things hidden from ordinary perception. It is half empathy, half telepathy, and resembles what our world calls ESP. Jake Chambers is particularly strong in the Touch, as was Alain Johns among Roland's original ka-tet. The Touch varies in strength from person to person and can manifest in different ways - some with the Touch receive visions, others can read surface thoughts, and the most gifted can project their minds across great distances.