Instant Defense?, What can I do against sudden attack? Options

Today something happened that caught me off guard. I was in a parking lot with my father, helping him with his shopping. He had a difficult operation recently and has trouble walking. That is why he parks close to the entrance of the mall.
When I put the bags into the car, a woman came up to me, chiding me for parking there. She did not even ask me anything, she just judged and attacked.

I explained that it was not my car and that my dad has had an operation and can't walk far, but she did not listen and shouted at me. I could not see anything unusual, but I felt her aggression and bad vibes. Her mother joined her, and they both started attacking me verbally. I've been in arguments before, and usually I stay calm, but this was not a normal argument. I've never felt that helpless and aggressive in my life, there was definitely some kind of psychic attack going on.

I'm not usually aggressive, but I felt very aggressive towards them. I didn't recognize myself any more because I'm normally stable and balanced and I don't let people get to me like that.
My father came and ended the argument by offering to leave. I had the strong impulse to stay between him and them because I somehow feared they could do something to him.
No, this definitely wasn't a normal argument.

When I was alone, I almost started crying, for no apparent reason. I used my instant magick trigger and visualized three rings of blue light around me, repeating the phrase "Thrice around the circle bound, evil sink into the ground" three times, only then did I manage to calm down.
I do energy shielding regularly, but this time it was like the shield wasn't there at all. I'll definitely work on my shielding technique (I've already discovered the shielding thread in this forum), but:

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/help.gif) Is there any instant magick I can do against this kind of attack? Anything I could have done right there, in the parking lot, other than running away?

This sort of experience is very useful. No one really understands how different it is to perform magick in controlled ritual settings compared to stressful real time encounters. Shielding which seems second nature is suddenly an unfamiliar alien act when actually under attack.

If you find yourself in a similar situation and can't perform your normal protective rituals, you can project a pentagram at your assailant and if you are more equilibrated that can disrupt their concentration.

Practice, practice, practice.

motsie

Maybe i'm just a bleeding heart magician, but I have been in a few situations like this and found sympathetic compassion to be the most permanent solution, and it often results in a mutual benefit as well. Those people have been offended because they are looking for excuses to garner energy from other people, but they need an en.

They are hungry, even though they don't know it. When this sort of thing happens, I suggest showing utter compassion, and calling them out directly on their tactics. "Why do you feel the need to intimidate me?" 100% of the time, they will stop in their tracks and reconsider what they're doing.

I have called out a would-be mugger like this, and even he backed off and was even ashamed! No one expects to be called out. Laughing is good, but will ultimately instigate more trouble, in most cases. Turning and walking away can be a bad idea as well - that was my solution in school, and normally the reaction is to come at your back. Don't turn your back on an angry animal, that is often a painful mistake. Recognize that anyone putting out bad energy like that is just trying to get fed, rid themselves of their own pain by putting it on you, like that ever worked. By taking control of the energy in the situation through calling out the tactic, you create an instantly neutral energy setting which can be steered towards a positive end that will be a blessing on both of you, in the very real and palpable sense. You'll probably also learn a valuable lesson.

The best way to deal with any magick is to employ a similar mgick. In this case, the related magick is the magick of words. Using visualization is only going to meet part of the problem, and honestly those techniques only work if you have full command of an energy beyond yourself. Just visualizing, I hate to say, is rather impotent. it's just imagery unless you can give it power, and I bet you'll find it difficult to give anything when you're in the midst of psychic combat. Ritual is for undisturbed moments of inner quiet.

Practical vs. Practical, Magickal vs. Magickal. The magick of visualization is subtle, the magick of words is direct and overt. It's like bringing a slow poison in a cup of tea to a sword fight...

peace