How to make a Golem

How to make a Golem
A Golem, which probably does not need any introduction to the readership, is a well known legendary magical "person" or android created from the dirt of the ground. Many famous rabbis throughout history have been reported to have created Golems. A full history of Golem stories is beyond the scope of this post and hopefully will be revisited in the future. Instead, I would like to focus on one issue: How does one exactly create a Golem?  I have found explicit instructions on Golem making in a European Hebrew manuscript of magic written in 1805 entitled "Practical Kabbalah". (Shelfmark: Bill Gross Ms. EE.011.026, fol. 30a). We see the Hebrew alphabet which according to tradition God used in creating the world  plays an important role in activating the various limbs and organs of the Golem. Here follows my translation as well as an image of the original:

To create a Golem man:  Take earth at midnight of the fourth day of the week (Wednesday) [word rubbed out] ד"ש [Unsure what the abbreviation is, I suppose it stands for “four weeks”]in the night of the month of Nissan [a Jewish month, around April] and take the earth, making sure none see you, and walk alone at night and fear not the Damagers [i.e. demons]. Afterwards, come to your house and place the earth in a corner of your house for ב"ש  [=two weeks?] and after the two weeks take the earth and make small pieces from it; that is, a large piece for forming the head and two pieces for the hands and etc. For the body, use one large piece. This should likewise be done alone at night with a second person to assist you. Make two small holes for the eyes, two for the ears and one hole for the nostrils. Write upon kosher deerskin parchment: aleph beth gimmel dalet he vav zayin etc. till tav [i.e. write the entire Hebrew alphabet] in large letters with the Ashuri script [the square script used in Torah scrolls and the like] with it’s “etchings” [Torah scrolls, mezuzahs (and sometimes amulets as well) must have שירטוט , a pressed line of sorts etched into the parchment in which the letters are written underneath, similar in concept to writing between the “lines” in our modern ruled paper]. Before using the quill, immerse that day in a mikva [ritualarium], and fast that day as well. You are not to speak to anyone at all that day. Light a candle in that house for the entire day. Before the writing, you are to learn the Chapter of the Merkabah [=the chariot] in the book of Ezekiel. After this, you are to write the alphabet without shoes in fear and awe. Afterwards, separate [rip off?] each letter from the others surrounded with the parchment [the letter should be surrounded with parchment]. Place aleph beth on the head, gimmel daled on each hand respectively, he vav likewise on the legs, zayin cheth on the eyes, teth yod on the ears with the remaining letters on the body. Press it into the body [pieces]. Afterwards, recite psalms 98 and 109. Then, adjure it as follows:  I adjure upon thee O Holy Names that derive from these verses “that they formed the man from the earth” and via the Names known to the Masters of the Kabbalah. Repeat thus thrice and the [Golem-]man will arise to serve you. Perform thus only for a dire need, such as traveling. To destroy him, recite these names over him on Friday or Saturday night:  Havad Chtoth.