Help with Hexagram 32, nine at fourth
*[Three coin method; cast at approximately 2:00 - 2:30 pm PST on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026; location Oregon, United States]*
Some background about the situation I am consulting about:
An ex-friend of mine, who had been closer to me than any other, has set magic workings upon me that block my connection to Spirit and negatively affect my spiritual understanding and intuition (I have reason to believe he is working with a specific spiritual Being in this). This has been affecting me for well over a year.
I received a dream today reiterating the situation: in it I had two pool noodles (the long plastic foam things used to float in water) that allowed me easy flight through the air (symbolic of my connection to Spirit). I carried this friend along with me and he repeatedly crossed physical boundaries (touching me inappropriately despite me rejecting his advances) and he eventually tore pieces off one of my pool noodles, damaging my connection. After damaging my pool noodle I kicked him off and abandoned him to continue on my own way without his presence (this is all much the same as what happened in waking life). In the dream he pursued me and attempted to cross more boundaries with the intent to cripple me/my connection, so I broke both his arms and one of his legs to immobilize him while I made my escape with two new pool noodles, only these new noodles were thinner, weaker, and clear/see-through where the previous ones were solid, thick and sturdy.
I could no longer fly, and the new noodles had quickly shrunk even further to scant pieces of... I don't even know what, but they were withered and dark, not colorful puffy plastic foam, and they were now the size--and roughly the shape--of my palms.
**TLDR: I had a dream today about my ongoing situation with a vindictive ex-friend who has had some success in damaging/blocking my connection with Spirit, leading me to cast coins in consultation of the I Ching.**
When asking "How do I fix this situation?" I have received Hexagram 32 - Fixing the Omen/Persevering, with the only changing line being 9 in the fourth: "The fields without game". This makes the relating hexagram Hexagram 46 - Ascending the Scared Mountain.
My problem is, I'm not sure how to move forward in this situation with 9 in the fourth line of Hex 32... One book I use (Total I Ching by Stephen Karcher) suggests that I "leave quietly" because "There is no lasting at all in this situation. There is simply nothing in sight..." While the other book I consult (I Ching or Book of Changes by Richard Wilhelm) states that "...A man who persists in stalking game in a place where there is none may wait forever. Persistence in search is not enough. What is not sought in the right way is not found."
Now, I have already left the situation with this ex-friend, it has been nearly two and a half years since I calmly and respectfully ended my friendship with him and I've not had any contact since, yet he (or at the very least his original intentions) continue to pursue and affect me like shown in my dream. It's not really *him* I asked the I Ching about fixing anyway, I'm trying to fix the way his intentions affect my connection to Spirit, and the response I've been given doesn't really point me in the right direction... Am I meant to persevere and continue moving forward in the limited ways that I can and have been? Or is waiting things out the wrong move, as indicated by nine in the fourth line?
If anyone who is more knowledgeable and familiar with the I Ching could help me, I would be VERY grateful. I'm new to this system of cosmology and divination and have only been studying/practicing it for about a month.