Fournier Anne auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The Seme make particularly abundant use of plants in the field of divination. Diviners practice their art with the assistance of a bush spirit that comes to live with them at home. Plants serve as material support for settling this bush spirit in the diviner's home and as powerful objects on the divination scene. Each species of plant plays one or several specific roles. this article is based on extensive field research and the analysis of the waning of the plants used in divination (names in the Seine language, ritual use). It describes the role of plant species and their symbolic roles in settling the bush spirit in the diviner's home and during the divination process. Although similar to those of other societies located in the Volta River Basin, the Seme divination practices show some original aspects. specialized Burkina Faso Seme society bush spirits symbolism of plants ritual practices BURKINA FASO 076 106 38 4 550-567 2018 0278-0771 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074851 10.2993/0278-0771-38.4.550 0278-0771 [F B010074851] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074851 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2019/01/010074851.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2019-02-04 2019-02-06 fdi:010074851 fre