With socio-anthropological perspectives, mediumship started to be considered a legitimate cultural and religious phenomenon. The aim of this bioecological study was to understand how mediumship is conceived by Candomble mediums who performed seven years. Seventeen mediums from the nations Ketu and Efon from the city of Uberaba-MG (Brazil) took part, and answered an interview script containing questions about the mediumship experience, initiation in candomble and the participant's life story. Mediumship was verbalized in two distinct ways: as a gift that cannot be refused by the medium; and as a faculty that can be controlled/refused by the medium. Among the aspects related to the bodily sensations of possession, they highlighted opposite movements ranging from paralysis to agitation of the body, explained in terms of the energy of each orixa. It can be argued that these mediums are engaged in sharing experiences that fundamentally evoke the positive aspects related to mediumship, including, even, a scientific grammar that aims to explain the phenomenon. In a scenario of intolerance and racism, this seems to be a movement that values mediumship and places it in a prominent position within the expressions of religions of African origin.