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Marco, Buitzruss's paragraphs are rather crowded and dense but they follow somewhat the same format as some healing charms I posted a while back by another author. You might want to glance at them for comparison (they're near the bottom):

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In speaking generally about healing charms (not just Buitzruss's), they usually start with the malady, include remedies and/or charm words (the plus signs for genuflection are common), and sometimes end with a description of the results. Many of them instruct the person to write down the charm and wear it on the head or arm, or around the neck (probably in a pendant). Some of them include how many days to use the "remedy".

The charm portion that is written down and sometimes worn is often just a word or a few words, or invocations with the word diminishing down to some essential part to signify the disease diminishing as it heals. Sometimes almost the entire charm is written in initials (often the initials are Christian references). Not all words in charms are meant to be understood. Some are "power" words (a bit like speaking in tongues) meant to sound magical and to be a bit obscure. Some are simply corruptions of older words that are no longer understood.


As you noticed, the word Adonay/Adonai shows up fairly frequently in the Buitzruss charms. That's one of the oldest and commonest names I've seen in charms, so far. Names like Ezekiel and Zachariah show up frequently, as well.


P.S., I knew almost nothing about charms a couple of years ago, but once you become familiar with them they start showing up all over the place. I was surprised at how many I had overlooked the first time I scanned through old manuscripts but now tend to notice when I see them again.