This spell creates a circle of protection that is centered on and mobile with the creature touched. All creatures within the circle are absolutely immune to any attack forms or spells that cause flesh to turn into stone. If a protected creature reflects a petrifying gaze attack back outside the circle, the monster is not affected by its own gaze: The spell renders the petrification power inert. Protection from petrification has no effect on creatures that have already been turned to stone.
The material component is the priest's holy symbol.
Notes: Very rare spell. (Updated from Polyhedron Newszine.)