Zomwe zimakhalapo ndi anthu omwe ali otsogolera pakati pa magawo auzimu. Dokotala woteroyo amachita mwadala mwadzidzidzi mzimu wa munthu wakufa m'thupi lake. Zomwe zilipo ndizo zomwe sizingokhala ndi luso lapadera ndipo zimatha kuzigwiritsa ntchito, koma zokhutira kuti njira yothandizira akufa ndiyo yabwino, chifukwa zomwe adalandira zimakhala zodzaza ndi zodalirika.
Chiwerengero cha mzimu chimaonedwa ngati choopsa kwambiri. Okhala nawo midzi ndi akhalapakati ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe angathe kulankhulana ndi dziko la akufa. Zimakhulupirira kuti sikutheka kukhala ndi luso limeneli, ilo likhoza kubadwa kokha. Mzimu umene umalowerera mu thupi la anthu oterowo, wong'onoting'ono, wachinyengo, wolosera, wamatsenga, akhoza kuvulaza thupi. Ndipo pali pano kuti zonse zimadalira mphamvu ndi luso la kuchita.
Nthawi zina zimakhala kuti mizimu imalowa m'thupi la munthu wina. Wopweteka payekha amachita zinthu zosamvetsetseka: sangathe kuzindikira achibale ndi achibale, mawu ake ndi khalidwe lake limasintha kwambiri. Kawirikawiri zimakhala ndi zochitika zoterozo zomwe zimatembenukira ku zamatsenga. Miyandamiyanda ndi anthu omwe angayambe kukhudzana ndi "mlendo" wosafuna mu thupi la munthu wovulalayo. Mu mankhwala amtundu, zovuta zoterozo zimaonedwa ngati zoyenera, koma amatsenga ali ndi maganizo osiyana pa nkhaniyi. Okhalirapo ndi omwe amakhulupirira kuti panthawi ya kugunda mzimu wa munthu wamwalira kapena wamwalira posachedwa umakhala mu thupi la wodwalayo. Kawirikawiri moyo wa akufa umasankha wofooka kwambiri thupi ndi malingaliro. Mfundo iyi yowonjezeratu yachilengedwe imatsutsana ndi mfundo zina. Choyamba, ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa umunthu watsopano kumalengedwa, ndipo wodwala mwiniyo sadziŵa kalikonse za izi ndipo chifukwa chake samakumbukira. Chachiwiri, nthawi zina, ozunzidwa amayamba kudzimana okhaokha mwa mzimu.
Okhala nawo m'mayiko osiyanasiyana ndi miyambo anali ndi njira zosiyana zowonjezera "kulowa" mu chidziwitso. Kuchokera kuchipatala, zikhalidwe izi zimayambitsidwa ndi kudzidodometsa kapena kuledzeretsa. Amwenye a ku Africa adasuta fodya ambiri. M'dziko lino adayamba kulankhula "ndi mawu a akufa." Mizere yochokera ku China amagwiritsa ntchito nyimbo yoimba ya mapemphero ndi mapulogalamu. Zikhulupiriro zovuta kwambiri zimapezeka pakati pa azimayi a voodoo komanso otsatila miyambo ya kumpoto. Kuti muyanjane ndi miyoyo ya akufa, pali maofesi ovuta a miyambo yapadera ndi zamatsenga. Mwambowu umachitika kokha ndi sing'anga yophunzitsidwa ndi yophunzitsidwa kale. Zikondwerero zimatsagana ndi nyimbo zamaganizo, kumenyana ngoma, kuimba, kuvina. M'mayiko a ku Ulaya ndi ku Middle East, pali njira zomwe zimalola moyo wa akufa kuti ulowe mu thupi la munthu wosakonzekera, koma anthu ochepa amagwiritsa ntchito njira zotere chifukwa cha ngozi yaikulu.
Miyambo yofanana ya asing'anga ndi shaman imatha kuwonetsedwa m'mafilimu ena. Mwachitsanzo, mndandanda wa "Medium", chikalata chotchedwa "Voodoo", filimuyi "Nyoka ndi Rainbow" ndi ena ambiri. Komanso, miyambo ya mizimu yowonongeka ikuwonetsedwa mu nyimbo za mitundu ya mitundu ndi mitundu.