But what do you do when you, inadvertently or otherwise, upset someone else enough for them to ill-wish or even psychically attack you, consciously or otherwise? Well, the fastest way to block such energies is to wear a Black Tourmaline. The next thing is quietly to repeat to yourself: 'I am sorry, I love you, please forgive me".

You are not saying this to the other person - after all, a psychic attack is often anonymous and you may not even know the source - but rather just putting the energy of love and forgiveness out there on the ether.

If you know the source of the psychic attack, try the following

• Put yourself in a light bubble and wear Black Tourmaline.

• Invoke your angel of protection and any religious figure you find helpful.

• Disconnect from the person - remove yourself from their space and their energy - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

• Laugh about it to yourself - do not take it too seriously or give it too much energy.

• Take your attention away from it and onto something positive.

• Do not play the other person's game or get pulled into power struggles.

• Do not see them, speak or think about them.

• Do not meditate or open yourself up physically.

• If you have to, face up to the person fearlessly, keeping your boundaries strong.

If necessary you can put up a mental mirror to return the ill-will to it is the source, but this tends to perpetuate it and it may be better to ask your angel of protection to absorb and transmute the energy instead.

Many people suggest sending love in this situation. I do not, because I have had too many personal experiences of doing so and then having the love taken up and used to fuel a further onslaught - the person picking up on the love seeing it as vulnerability.

There are times when unconditional love does not overcome hate, and a psychic attack is one of them.

Forgiveness, on the other hand, can help, although this may need to be done at a later stage. The best path of all is to withdraw your attention, find joy in living and leave whoever it is to get on with it. They will soon tire of a game they have to play alone with no rewards...

(Ref: Crystals for Psychic Self-Protection by Judy Hall)