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A translation of the travel essays by the Polish writer, traveller, scientist and mystic Ferdinand Ossendowski (1876-1945). The book describes the everyday life of Russians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before the Bolshevik Revolution, when sects and religious groups were gaining strength.

The author reveals the "Russian collective soul" and explains how witchcraft, superstition, and mysticism affected the actions of both the tsarist court and the average peasant. The book contains many descriptions of religious movements, insights into folk beliefs, and stories about witches, sorcerers, and foolish "saints."