Friday Sep 26, 2025
Exploring Earth Magic: Plant Spirits, Sacred Gardens & Everyday Rituals with Stephanie Schafer
Ritual can be elaborate, or it can be as simple as stepping outside and paying attention.
In this conversation, Stephanie Schafer shares a grounded approach to earth magic, one that moves beyond structured practices and into something more lived and relational.
With roots in folklore and and a deep connection to the natural world, Stephanie shares how we can connect more intimately with the plants, trees, herbs, flowers and cycles that surround us in our spiritual practice.
Through her experience with gardening, plant work, and tending the land, she explores how the earth becomes a teacher, reflecting lessons about boundaries, patience, devotion, and letting go.
This episode touches on:
• why spiritual practice can become overwhelming (and how to simplify it)
• the difference between intention and expectation in your practice
• what it actually means to build a relationship with the land around you
• how everyday actions like gardening, weeding, and harvesting carry deeper meaning
• why devotion isn’t about doing more, but returning to what matters
It’s a grounded look at how spiritual practice can take shape through everyday experience.
This episode is a reminder that magic doesn’t have to be abstract and ethereal, it’s living and breathing all around us (and inside of us), waiting to be discovered.
About Stephanie
Stephanie Schafer is a co-founder of Serpent and the Dove, with roots in Catholic tradition and a deep love for earth magic and folklore. Her work is grounded in the sacred energies of the earth, moon, and divine. With a background in psychology, biology, and nursing, she bridges the physical and spiritual to create offerings that inspire healing, connection, and transformation. Her garden and kitchen are sacred spaces where magic comes to life, and her mission is to help others awaken to the magic within and around them.
Connect with Stephanie
Website: serpentandthedove.com
Instagram: @myaltaredhome and @the.serpent.and.the.dove
Facebook: facebook.com/serpentandthedove/
Upcoming Retreats are in Sedona April 2026 and New Orleans October 2026
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