This book is the largest Russian scientist and writer A. D. Sinyavsky goes to his homeland for the first time . It was created in emigration on the basis of lectures given to students of the Sorbonne in the late 70s, therefore, addressed to the reader not only to the widest possible audience. but sometimes poorly prepared Surprisingly talented, with humor and intellectual brilliance introduces the author of the reader into the huge and bizarre world of the people's faith , Orthodox Christianity in its popular interpretation , World of Folklore , long-serving scientist, According to , "Aesthetic Orientation" . About Russian fairy tales, about folk life, about Russian "demonology", about sorcerers and conspiracies, about schismatics and sectists truth seekers wrote many, but so really fascinating, perhaps, no one.