Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between trance and mental health in the
mediumistic practice of the Brazilian Christian Spiritualism of the Vale do Amanhecer, in
which mediumship may be part of a therapeutic process. It discusses particular cases of
mediums who are also healthcare professionals, exploring how they establish correspondences between spiritual and medical knowledge, and whether these correspondences may
suggest new avenues to rethink the communicability between different fields of therapeutic
knowledge. In doing so, it examines the category of ‘experience’ as a pathway to consilience,
while re-framing spirit mediumship and possession within the therapeutic dimension.
Keywords: Vale do Amanhecer, mediumship, healthcare, experience, spirituality and health.