Sentence:  However, quite often it is also applied to protect from <WSD>obeah</WSD> spells which the client feels himself or herself to be suffering from. Since <WSD>obeah</WSD> can also cast protective spells (e.g., against other <WSD>obeah</WSD> spells), it is not entirely correct to dismiss it as an evil practice. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.