Ama-medium ngabantu abanobukhulu becala kwiiseshoni zokomoya. Loo msebenzi usebenza ngokuzikhethela umoya womntu ofileyo emzimbeni wakhe. Amagqabantshintshi awanalo kuphela uhlobo oluthile lwezakhono ezingaphezu kwendalo kwaye abanako ukusebenzisa, kodwa bayaqiniseka ukuba le ndlela yokusebenzelana nabafileyo iyona nto ibhetele, kuba ulwazi olufunyenwe luphelele kwaye luthembekile.
Inani labemi lomoya lithathwa njengento eyingozi. Amaphekula ngabalamlamli abaqeqeshelwe ngokukhethekileyo abanokuqhagamshelana nehlabathi labafileyo. Kukholelwa ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuphuhlisa lo mbono, kunokuzalwa kuphela. Umoya ongena emzimbeni wabantu abanjengobungqambileyo, ophakathi, umxhasi, umqambi, unengqondo, angenza umonakalo omkhulu emzimbeni. Kwaye apha ukuba yonke into ixhomekeka ngamandla kunye nobuchule bokusebenza.
Ngamanye amaxesha kwenzeka ukuba imimoya ingena emzimbeni womntu othile. Ixhoba kule meko liziphatha ngokungaqhelekanga: akayi kuqonda izihlobo kunye neentsapho, ilizwi lakhe kunye nokuziphatha kwakhe kutshintsha ngokuphawulekayo. Ngokuqhelekileyo kunjalo na matyala aphendukela kwiingqondo. Ama-mediums ngabantu abangakwazi ukudibanisa "nesitye" esingafunekiyo emzimbeni womntu olimele. Kwimichiza yendabuko, ezinjalo iziganeko zibhekwa njengelungeleleneyo, kodwa iingqondo zineembono ehlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kulo mbandela. Amaphekula yilabo abakholelwa ukuba ngexesha lokutshatyalaliswa komoya wexesha elide okanye umntu osandul 'ufile uhlala emzimbeni wesigulane. Ngokuqhelekileyo umphefumlo wabafileyo ukhetha umzimba kunye nengqondo ebuthathaka. Ezi zinto zongezwa ngezinto ezingaphezu kwemvelo zichazwe ngamanye amaqiniso. Okokuqala, ngokusungulwa komntu omtsha kuyadalwa, kwaye isiguli ngokwakhe akwazi nto malunga nayo kwaye ngenxa yoko ayikhumbuli. Okwesibini, kwezinye iimeko, amaxhoba aqala ukuzimela ngokuzimeleyo nomoya ngaphakathi kubo.
Ama-medium kumazwe ahlukeneyo kunye nezithethe zazinamaxesha onke ahlukeneyo 'okungena' kwindawo yokuguquka. Ukusuka kwimbono yezokwelapha, le miqathango ibangelwa yi-self-hypnosis okanye utywala. Ama-shamans avela e-Afrika abhema iibhebhile ezininzi. Kulo rhulumente baqala ukuthetha "ngamazwi abafileyo." AmaMediya aseTshayina asebenzisa ingoma yesiqhelo yemithandazo kunye neentsimbi. Iimfundiso ezinzima kunokuba zifumaneke phakathi kwama-shaman voodoo kunye nabalandeli bezithethe ezisentla. Ukuqhagamshelana nemiphefumlo yabafileyo, kukho iisethi eziyinkimbinkimbi zemicimbi ekhethekileyo kunye neentsimbi. Isiko senziwa kuphela ngabafundi abaqeqeshiwe nabaqeqeshiweyo ngaphambili. Imikhosi ihambelana nomculo wesiqhelo, ukulwa iingoma, ukucula, ukudansa. Emazweni aseYurophu nakumaMbindi Mpuma, kukho iindlela ezivumela umphefumlo wabafileyo ukuba ungene emzimbeni womntu ongakulungele, kodwa bambalwa abantu basebenzisa iindlela ezinjalo ngenxa yengozi enkulu.
Iimpawu ezifanayo zamademesi kunye nama-shamans ziyabonakala kwezinye iimviezo. Ngokomzekelo, uchungechunge elithi "Medium", i-documentary "Voodoo", umboniso wefilimu "Inyoka kunye ne-Rainbow" kunye nabanye abaninzi. Kwakhona, izithethe zomoya okhuphayo zibonakaliswa kumculo wobuhlanga bamaqela amaninzi kunye namazwe.