Starovynna mahiya ukrayintsiv

Spokonviku lyudyna namahalasya poyasnyty vse, scho vidbuvayet′sya, cherez mahiyu. V zminach pir roku, zlyvach ta posuchach, vdachach ta nevdachach vbachavsya vplyv chariv, nezemnych syl. Narodzhennya, zrostannya, shlyub, pratsya, smert′ — vsi etapy zhyttya praschuriv suprovodzhuvalysya obryadamy, viruvannyamy, zabobonamy. TSya knyzhka rozpovist′ pro te, u scho viryly nashi predky, yaki zamovlyannya ta rytualy provodylysya na chest′ kalendarnych svyat y inshych vazhlyvych zhyttyevych podiy, chomu im’ya lyudyny malo mahichnyy sens, kym buly volchvy, znachari, vid′my, mol′fary ta vorozhbyty, yaki predmety nadilyalys′ mahichnymy vlastyvostyamy ta yakym bulo yichnye pryznachennya, yak likuvaly chvoroby ta neduhy syloyu sliv ta trav, koho shanuvaly ta boyalysya davni ukrayintsi.