The Serpent and The Dove

04/12/2026

04/12/2026

Walpurgis Night, April 30.

A night where witches were said to fly, where spirits moved, where fires were lit across the land.
But beneath the folklore and the fear, there is a pattern.

Across Europe, this night marked a threshold. The loosening of winter. The return of life. And from these nights came stories of women moving through the dark, traveling between worlds, and meeting with the unseen.

These women were not just figures of imagination. They were meeting the liminal. Performing a sacred duty to meet the turning of the season. To face what was uncertain, what was shifting, what could not be controlled.

They were not afraid. Or maybe they were, and they danced anyway.

The Church named these experiences illusion. Later, they became something to fear, something to control. And over time, the fear of the night itself, the thinning of the veil, the instability of the threshold, was placed onto those who were willing to meet it.

And yet, the night never changed. The turning of the earth never stopped. This isn’t just history.

Across cultures and across time, we continue to mark these moments because we feel them. In the body and in something deeper than language.

There is something in us that recognizes the shift, the pull, and the quiet turning of the world.

And if you feel that stir, that pull toward the threshold, we’ll be gathering to meet it.

Not to perform or escape, but to stand in relationship with the season as it changes.

Beltane with The Serpent & the Dove?

You can join us.

04/05/2026

Holy Saturday is the space we often rush past.
The day between death and resurrection.
The place where nothing is resolved.
Mary Magdalene shows us what it means to remain.

To witness.
To not turn away from what has been seen.
She goes to the tomb not because she understands but because she refuses to be separated from her love.

Mary Magdalene is not important because she saw the resurrection.

She is important because she stayed when there was nothing to see.

She shows the love that stays even when we do not understand and we cannot see the light.

She becomes the bridge
between death and life
because she does not abandon either.

04/03/2026

Scotland is official for 2027 🥳 making dream Retreat a reality. And as for Priestess , she is live, in the field, planting the seeds for the most delicious retreat to Italy.....

04/02/2026

Registration in the usual place 🥂

03/31/2026

We are so deeply grateful.

To each of you who felt the call, who said yes, who trusted the unseen thread that brought us together for Sedona… thank you. This retreat sold out because of the heart, the readiness, and the devotion each of you carries. We feel it. We honor it.

Tonight, the temple gates open.

We will gather for our first preparation circle, a space to begin attuning to the land, to one another, and to the work that awaits us beneath Sedona’s red cliffs. This is where the journey truly begins.

As we move toward April 20–24, we invite you to stay close. We will be sharing moments, reflections, and glimpses from the land as we walk it together.

And for those who felt the call but could not join us this time, keep watch.

Join us at “Magic, Mystery, and Reckoning,” a New Orleans retreat, Fall 2026

And a very special journey awaits in Scotland, April 22–May 1, during Beltane season… where fire, land, and lineage meet.

More soon.

03/27/2026

Are you even a Priestess if you're not spending your day painting 40 maracas?

"Priestess" is a title found in many a spiritual community.

Distinguishable, certifiable, authoritative, reclaiming, visible.

Where does your Priestess title come from?
What tradition is it in?
What is your Priestess lineage?
What is your ministry?
Who do you serve?

As Third Degree Wiccan Priestesses, we have found ourselves, and love, a lineage, mentors and guidance. And as Priestesses we have questioned and tussled with the lineage, mentors and guidance we have received.

Here at The Serpent and the Dove, a Priestess is far from glamorous and its heart is in service to her community and ministry.

Integrity
Identity
Willpower
Dedication
Discipline
Education
Discernment
Sovereignty

Are just a few of the core values of Stephanie and Beths Priestesshood. As we sit in the new home of The Serpent and the Dove, the community we have created, our retreats, circles, courses, writings, classes, coven and more..... it all is just so beautiful.

And it took years of 20 hour days, sleepless nights, tears in the car, shaky hands and voices.

And when we weren't working on our business, we were tending our altars, reading books, performing spells, leaving offerings, getting a Masters Degree in Theology from a Catholic University or a BSN and working as a bedside nurse in the hospital, all to support, nurture and grow who we are as Priestesses.

Our ministry is to be of service on this crooked path, and that ministry is something we take seriously. The responsibility of being a guide. Of lighting a candle in the dark.

And yes. That includes painting 40 maracas before the kids get home from school.

And we loved every minute of it.

03/25/2026

You don’t need new tools.
You need a new relationship with them.

03/13/2026

We practice our craft, our magic, our devotion not in the endeavor of self perfection. We do this work so we may show up in community bearing the gifts we worked so hard to refine.

What is your magic, your wisdom, your gifts, if you dont employ them when they are needed by another?

Make sure to tend the hearth of your home, but don't forget the bonfire, the hearth of community.

What's it all for, if not to better love one another?

03/12/2026

Singing for the masses with a Jersey accent 🤌

Immersed in Embodiment of Ritual 201 right now, and a new cohort for Foundations of Ritual 101 starting Tuesday March 31st ✨️

03/03/2026

Last minute fine tuning for our Lunar Workshop tonight. Headed by Beth, supported by Byugar 😻

Lunar eclipses illuminate polarities. They bring tension between two ends of an axis into sharp focus. This one activates the Virgo Pisces axis, which is the tension between order and surrender, precision and faith, daily structure and spiritual flow.

Virgo governs our routines, health, habits, work, and the tools we use to manage everyday life. Pisces governs our spiritual needs, our longing for meaning, our compassion, and the places where we dissolve structure in order to feel connected

Eclipses do not create chaos. They expose imbalance.

This Full Moon can bring emotional clarity. Something that has been building beneath the surface wants expression. Revelations may feel large, even dramatic. It is important to remember that eclipses magnify one area of life while temporarily dimming another. We do not yet see the whole picture.

Lunar work, especially eclipses, always call for discernment.

This is a healing moon, but not because it is gentle. It is healing because it is honest.