“…Draw an equal-armed cross over the stones. Set the picture of the person (or their name, if you couldn’t find a picture), on a black plate, cloth, or construction paper. Repeat the above incantation every time you drop one of the small pebbles on top of hte picture. Finish by saying: ‘You are burdened with your own negativity. You can no longer move against me.’ ”
– Solitary Witch: The Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation, Bullies, “Shatter the Shadow Spell”, p. 482.

I stopped reading at this point. “I don’t want to do this one,” I said. “It turns it back on her.”

I turned to the internet for alternative advice angles.

“If you are under psychic attack the best thing to do is try and neutralise the negativity rather than try to retaliate,” the first site I found affirms. “Remember to send the negative energy away from you and yours with love, so as to neutralise any harmful intent.” “To ensure psychic protection during the night , ask your spirit guardians, guides, gatekeepers, angels, and / or loved ones in spirit to watch over you while you sleep. Ask them to deflect any bad energy away from you and send it away with love.” (Rachel Keene, www.rachelkeene.net)

“Love is the greatest healer and your greatest protector against psychic attack. A love of yourself, first. You must love yourself, warts and all. No one’s perfect; none of us ever will be in this human body. Learning to accept yourself for what you are and are not is the first, big step in this process. Eventually, with time, trials and experience, you will understand the term, ‘active compassion’ and be able to apply it to others and groups. It gives you the emotiona detachment necessary. I have found that loving one’s enemy is the finest choice one can make. They might send you destructive energy, but when it meets the energy of love; it completely dissipates it. Hate cannot destroy love; just the opposite.” (Eileen Nauman, http://www.accessnewage.com/ARTICLES/HEALTH/psyack2.htm)

My enemies may one day realize how blessed they are that they chose me to pick on. Now I gotta find some black tourmaline.