The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mystification \Mys`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. mystification.]
   The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also,
   something designed to, or that does, mystify.
   [1913 Webster]

         The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been
         playing off a mystification on his Grace. --De Quincey.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mystification
    n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn:
         bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement,
         befuddlement, mystification, bafflement,
         bemusement]
    2: something designed to mystify or bewilder
    3: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving
       them baffled or bewildered [syn: mystification,
       obfuscation]