Wolf Grigoryevich (Gershkovich) Messing (, , ) (10 September 1899 – 8 November 1974) was a self-proclaimed psychic, Telepathy and stage Hypnotism.
Early life
Messing was born to a Jewish family in the village of Góra Kalwaria, 25 km southeast of
Warsaw. He claimed that his psychic abilities developed in his early life.
Career
By the time he was a teenager, he was performing for the public as a psychic entertainer.
In the interview with P. Oreshkin, Messing said:
Death
Messing died in a hospital, on 8 November 1974, two months after his 75th birthday. He had successfully undergone surgery on the Femoral and External Iliac arteries, but afterward, for some unknown reason, developed kidney failure and pulmonary edema. He was buried at the Vostryakovskoje Jewish cemetery in Moscow.
His life story is depicted in the Russian television miniseries (2009).
Appearances in fiction
Wolf Messing is a major character in
Steve Englehart's series of Max August novels, beginning with
The Point Man in 1980, and continuing through
The Long Man and
The Plain Man.
In the hit video strategy game, as well as its expansion, Yuri's Revenge, the main character of Yuri was heavily influenced in the likeness of Wolf Messing.
Further reading
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Topsy Küppers: Wolf Messing – Hellseher und Magier. Langen/Müller, München 2002.
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Alexandra Nagel: Een mysterieuze ontmoeting...: Sai Baba en mentalist Wolf Messing/A mysterious meeting...: Sai Baba and mentalist Wolf Messing, published in Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie/Journal for parapsychology 368, vol. 72 nr 4, Dec. 2005, pp. 14–17
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