How to use Golems?

[Oversway]

Yep, but how to protect them from getting afflictions? Even with luck, etherealness and astral shield they are sure to be hit now and then.

Build more golems. You can start with them as a regular sc then once they get too many afflictions, transfer their equipment to a fresher golem, and use the afflicted one as Alneyan suggest above -- teleport in and cast spells then retreat (or ritual of returning, or just let them die) - astral tempest, doom, etc. lots of fun ones to pick from.