Tuva

Anicent Hotbed of Widespread shamanism things like that actually existed world wide in how u might call your recent past of slightly over 100 years ago. Such things as shamanism and speaking with nature where very common probably because earth humans didn't have all these technology and cities so they generally all lived right out in nature for the most part so makes sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuva

Tuva (Russian: Тува́) or Tyva (Tuvan: Тыва), officially the Tyva Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, tr. Respublika Tyva, IPA: [rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva]; Tuvan: Тыва Республика, Tyva Respublika, [tʰɯˈʋa resˈpʰuplika]), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic, also defined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation as a state).

The Tuvan republic lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the Altai Republic, the Republic of Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, and the Republic of Buryatia in Russia and Mongolia to the south. Its capital is the city of Kyzyl. It has a population of 307,930 (2010 census).
From 1921 to 1944, Tuva constituted a sovereign, independent nation under the name of Tannu Tuva, officially, the Tuvan People's Republic, or the People's Republic of Tannu Tuva. The independence of Tannu Tuva, however, was recognized only by its neighbors: the Soviet Union and Mongolia.

A majority of the population are ethnic Tuvans who speak Tuvan as their native tongue, while Russian is spoken natively by the Russian minority; both are official and widely understood in the republic. Tuva is governed by the Great Khural, which elects a chairman for a four-year term. The current chairman is Sholban Kara-ool.

It's funny when i got a book on wizardy around the world from another person into it i wasn't sure but felt the lap shamaisms it breifly described in the russia area did ineed exist although felt like a rather extreme underground thing.
But as well all know reality can change quite massively as bronies and furries used 2 be extremly underground it turned into a global thing.