True. Crowley, the one who first translated the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage along with Mathers, originally believed it to be a shard of the True Self, but when he was older, his view changed and he began to view it as an independent being in its own right.
@Taramurti I spoke to EA about the HGA, because I’ve been thinking about performing the Abramelin Operation for myself, and he has done it, so I wanted to know if it was compatible with LHP and he said it was. Take that opinion as you will.
You might also be interested in @Lady_Eva’s Personal Daemon operation, which is similar in a way to what you’re looking for: