For more than a century, some Western researchers have tried to investigate reports of unusual human abilities, from extrasensory perception to telekinesis and reincarnation. Organizations such as Britain’s Society for Psychical Research, founded in 1882, brought these subjects into formal study, and a number of universities in Europe and America later explored related ideas as well. Even so, such phenomena have never been accepted by mainstream science.
Against that backdrop, stories about Jasper Maskelyne have continued to fascinate readers. To some, he was simply a gifted illusionist from a famous British family of magicians. To others, he was something more — a man whose abilities seemed to go beyond ordinary stagecraft. According to the account that has long circulated around his life, Maskelyne used those extraordinary talents during World War II to help Britain deceive German forces in North Africa.
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