Practical @ MindSay 
I am not what one would say a 'magickal' witch, I am just a simple country witch that utilizes the gifts of Mother "Earth for my healing and well being. As a practical country witch that is on the road more times than not, the use of stones, and crystals, herbs, and tarot ,is pretty much the extent of my 'workings'. Because these items are not big I can take them along for the ride, so that I will have them when I have a need for them, and now a days it seems I need them everyday. The gentle healing energy I get from my stones have been a constant help for me. I have many types of stones and crystals that I can wear as jewelry that makes it easier for me to have access to their gentle healing energies through out my day. The articles that I have posted from Over the Rainbow website, is a fantastic sight to learn many of the things you need to know in order to help in many areas of ones life, and I hope they can be of use to you all. I know that in order to really find out what kind of energy a stone or crystal has, it is my experience that by keeping that particular stone on ones person and being aware of whats going on , inside of self while you do, that sooner or later you will know what a stones energy is for you personally. I have found for instance when I wear my malachite jewelry that it is best for me not to do so prior to my period/moon time, because it wants to help me bring up areas of my life that I need to work on, and at that time of the month their power is overwhelming for me and I wind up depressed over what issues come bubbling up, so I have learned that there is about a week period during the month that I do not want to wear that particular stone, any other time I have no problems with it and I am more able to work through those issues , and I am very thankful for their assistance at those times. I have some crystals that are excellent pain relievers and I use their assistance when my arthritis and Fibromyalgia flare up, and from experience they really do take the pain away when placed on the spot that hurts, I dearly love those healers and I am thankful to Mother Earth and Father Great Spirit for the gifts that they have given us to help us on our journeys.
I have found a wonderful way to clear, and balancing my chakras since doing it on my self the way most books tell you to do is a bit difficult for me, what I do is this and find it works wonderfully, I hold the appropriate chakra stone in my left hand starting from the base chakra first, then I move upwards when I am through with each chakra, and with my right hand I use my pendulum and I first see if it needs anything done by asking 'is this chakra ok? and then wait for my yes or no, if not I then balance it by saying ' I am now balancing it' and my pendulum will go in a circle, when it stops I then ask that chakra 'spend' in the direction that is best for me. My pendulum will either spin to right or the left. and I wait until it quits spinning in that direction .and each chakra will then spend opposite of the last chakra that was done there after.This method has always worked for me and I find I do indeed feel better after I am through.
With herbs , i just grow alot of them and when I am home I just water and care for them and touch their leaves and take a deep breath in of there aroma and essence, I have been healed many times by just doing that. One time my back was out so bad, I was in so much pain, I could barely walk and straighten my back, when I got home my hubby helped me to where my herbs were, (in containers and pots) and I just started tending to them, clipping dead leaves off, transplanting some , watering and feeding them, and oh what an aroma they were releasing , they all smelled so wonderful and strong that day! and by the time I was done, I was healed, no pain and I could straighten up, I was so overwhelmed by the loving healing they gave me and this was all done with out any magickal mumbo jumbo, I just cried with tears of gratitude and Thanksgiving for the gift I had been given that day.
I usually go to my health food store and purchase herbs already in capsule and pill form for what I need since I don't have the time to do that. And I buy what vitamins I am needing and these I take with me in my 'medicine bag' I carry an assortment so I won't be caught off guard on the road. I usually take, garlic, turmeric, echinacea and golden-seal, vitamin. C, tea tree oil, cranberry,oil of oregano, olive leaf oil, vinegar capsules, these are for infections and viruses and the like, plus what other vitamins I take for my health issues at the time.
Tarot cards , I have 2 main decks I take with me, Universal Rider Waite, and a combination of 2 decks that I have picked out of Cosmic tarot, and Gypsy deck, I picked each card that was the best for what the card meant, and it has turned out to be a wonderful deck to use. I use tarot mainly for spiritual purposes and meditations and sometimes affirmations.
So you see I am a practical practising witch, and I leave the magick for those that can do that , I just don't go for to much ceremony and ritual and keeping track of the time of day and week, and all the special words needed. I just use what I need, with intent and purpose with gratitude and Thanksgiving. I follow the seasons and the moons which guide my thinking and meditation focus for those times, I decorate house and altar accordingly, and I like to keep my other blog theme to look like each turn of the wheel that I am in. It is just the way I live and think , it is a part of me , it is who I am. As a double Taurus, everything must be practical . Any thing I have even decorations must have a practical use for, other than just taking up valuable space, my drums I put on wall, but I also bang on them, my turtle bag hangs on wall but I also wear it, some of my large stones are on display but I also use them when I need their help, my besoms are out in open and stand guard by my fireplace but I also use them to cleanse the aura of the house.. my snapping turtle shell/shield is on my outter door of my office ,it is nice to look at but it guards my sacred space as well....etc..
So there you have in a nut or turtle shell a little peek into the world of a practical country witch.
blessings to all
Here is something that cracked me up (paraphrasing):
The 3 men pilot crew brought a big beautiful bouquet of red roses, and set them in a spare seat in the cockpit. They then proceeded to call all the stewardesses, one at a time, starting with the most senior one to come to the cockpit.
When she got in there, they would say, "We liked to give you these flowers, but you got to make out with us first."
Now, of course, each lady would say "No" and then return to their station.
Then, eventually, they called the junior member of the stewardesses to the cockpit.
When she got in there, they said "It's great to have such a eager wonderful stewardess to join our crew, so we got you these flowers."
When she exited the cockpit with the flowers, all the other ladies would thinks to themselves, "What a hussy! What a floosy!"
So I am at work today, minding my own business...busily typing away at my computer. (We are all in little cubicles with our desks and computers...you know, like little eggs in our cartons.) My friend Ed comes over to my desk and says "if you want to see the best practical joke you've ever seen, go over to Jill's area." So, being one who LOVES practical jokes, I go over to check it out. When I arrive, I see that the people in the poor vacationing person's unit have covered every inch of the cubicle with tin foil! The desk, the computer, the chair, even the pens, note pads and picture frames! It was hilarious! They even put sheets of foil on the floor of the cube. I wish I had my camera!
Anybody out there know any good practical jokes to play on us cube dwellers? 
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