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	'''Wolf Messing''' (b. 1899) is claimed by some to be one of the most talented mind readers of the world. Born to a Jewish family, Messing fled from Germany to Russia before World War II.
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			'''Wolf Grigoryevich (Gershkovich) Messing''' ({{langx\|ru\|Во́льф Григо́рьевич (Ге́ршикович) Ме́ссинг}}, {{langx\|pl\|Wolf Grigoriewicz Messing}}, {{langx\|he\|וולף מסינג}}{{ltr}}) (10 September 1899 – 8 November 1974) was a self-proclaimed ], ] and stage ].

			==Early life==
	He was wanted by ] after declaring his prophecy about ]'s defeat during its attempted invasion of the east and had a sum of 200,000 marks placed on his head. After the world war he worked for many years as a stage artist, and it is suggested that he was one of ]'s advisors.
			Messing was born in the village of ], 25 km southeast of ]. He claimed that his psychic abilities developed in his early life.<ref name="Harper">{{cite encyclopedia \| title = Messing, Wolf Gregorievich \| encyclopedia = The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World \| volume = 1 \| pages = 448 \| publisher = Harper Collins \| year = 2006 }}</ref>

			==Career==
	Those said to have successfully tested him have included Stalin, ], ] and ]
			By the time he was a teenager, he was performing for the public as a psychic entertainer.<ref name="Harper"/>

			In the interview with P. Oreshkin, Messing said:{{blockquote\|... It's not mind-reading, it's like the "reading of muscles"... When a human thinks hard about something, the brain cells transmit impulses to all muscles of the body. Their movements, invisible to the eye, I can easily feel... Often I'm performing mental tasks without direct contact with the inductor. The pointer to me here is the breathing frequency of inductor, the beating of his heart, voice timbre, his walking nature etc.<ref name="Oreshkin">''Oreshkin P.'' «Reading the muscles», not the thoughts. // ]. — Moscow, 1961. — № 1. — p. 32.</ref>}}
	See also: ]

			==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 ]'s series of Max August novels, beginning with '']'' in 1980, and continuing through '']'' and '']''.

			In the hit video strategy game, ] as well as its expansion, ], the main character of Yuri was heavily influenced in the likeness of Wolf Messing.

			==Further reading==
			* ]: ''Wolf Messing – Hellseher und Magier''. ], München 2002. {{ISBN\|3-7844-2880-0}} {{in lang\|de}}
			* ]: 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 {{in lang\|nl}}
			**English language article by the same author with more or less the same contents ''{{Dead link\|date=November 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}''

			==References==
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			==See also==
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Wolf Messing Во́льф Ме́ссинг (in Russian) Wolf Messing (in Polish) וולף מסינג‎ (in Hebrew)

Born	Wolf Grigoryevich Messing (1899-09-10)10 September 1899 Góra Kalwaria, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	8 November 1974(1974-11-08) (aged 75) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Nationality	Polish and Soviet
Occupation(s)	Clairvoyant, Telepathist, Hypnotist
Known for	Supernatural experiments

Wolf Grigoryevich (Gershkovich) Messing (Russian: Во́льф Григо́рьевич (Ге́ршикович) Ме́ссинг, Polish: Wolf Grigoriewicz Messing, Hebrew: וולף מסינג‎) (10 September 1899 – 8 November 1974) was a self-proclaimed psychic, telepath and stage hypnotist.

Early life

Messing was born 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:

... It's not mind-reading, it's like the "reading of muscles"... When a human thinks hard about something, the brain cells transmit impulses to all muscles of the body. Their movements, invisible to the eye, I can easily feel... Often I'm performing mental tasks without direct contact with the inductor. The pointer to me here is the breathing frequency of inductor, the beating of his heart, voice timbre, his walking nature etc.

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 Wolf Messing: Who Saw through Time (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, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 as well as its expansion, Yuri's Revenge, the main character of Yuri was heavily influenced in the likeness of Wolf Messing.

References

^ "Messing, Wolf Gregorievich ". The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. Vol. 1. Harper Collins. 2006. p. 448.
Oreshkin P. «Reading the muscles», not the thoughts. // Technics of Youth. — Moscow, 1961. — № 1. — p. 32.