Dear Chris 79
I know you are telling about a fact what had happened with your wife's mother and she became a victim of BLACK MAGIC. It is done by people who wants to punish you or take revenge with you. It is also is a occult science and It has a different way. It is forbidden by the Guru to disciple not to discuss such things is public as it has it's way to keep it strong. There are two types of Magic  Good or Bad. One good for anybody can be bad to another as happened in your mother in law's case. ONLY A PERSON HAVING IT'S DEEP KNOWLEDGE CAN MAKE YOUR MOTHER IN LAW OVERCOME HER PROBLEM. Our present science which is based on materialism can't know this occult science as it is based on only energy "THE MOST POWERFUL ENERGY". It can be used either positive or negative.
INTERNET IS NOT RIGHT PLACE YOU ARE NEEDED FOR AS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW AND BELIEVE IT. BUT WHO IS SUFFERING KNOWS THE RESULT OF IT. EVEN  PRESENT MEDICAL SCIENCE CAN'T FIND IT'S EFFECT BUT SUFFERER IS SUFFERING WITH NO DECEASE.

I MAY HELP YOU.  CONTACT ME :-subhaschandmishra  (at )yahoo messenger

I find this an interesting thread....I often feel i have had a spell put on me.... there was this man i had a dispute with and i could always feel his bad vibrations.... whenever he was near, now i am not an agressive person but this person threatened my very existence really in that he coveted my home(rented) for his own needs...eventualy getting me evicted...Since this i have more than my share of bad luck.... and indeed had a vivid... scary dream of fighting for my soul....when i had moved away...........still bad luck dogs me and f i meet anyone new they always...end  friendship with me quickly or dont communicate with me... i am very scared about my future anyone help? PAUL

I have no stomach for this sort of black magic, but it looks like a pretty nasty ward of some sort.  In other words, it is meant to keep someone out of a certain area or residence.

I would start by doing some research.  I'm not sure when you posted the message, but you have probably already done so.  The important part of magic is intention.  You can create a spell out of anything, so even if you can't find the spell anywhere in a book.  Obviously, the spell was malevolent in nature.

What I don't understand about black magick is that I believe energy tends to bounce back to the sender in equal or greater proportion.  Someone who creates a nasty spell will also get back what they send.  The person who created that spell is probably in pain as well.

However, if this was a heavy duty protection spell, the person on the receiving end could have been doing something the creator of the spell might have deamed as invasive to his or her property.  Either way, she needs to find a way to counteract the effects of the spell.

Hope this helps.  I try to stay away from black magick, so my knowledge is limited to deflecting it, not creating it.

sounds like a voodoo doll they also made them out of soap