<P> Crowley also got a "strong impression" of the speaker's general appearance . Aiwass had a body composed of "fine matter," which had a gauze - like transparency . Further, he "seemed to be a tall, dark man in his thirties, well - knit, active and strong, with the face of a savage king, and eyes veiled lest their gaze should destroy what they saw . The dress was not Arab; it suggested Assyria or Persia, but very vaguely ." </P> <P> Despite initially writing that it was an "excellent example of automatic writing," Crowley later insisted that it was not just automatic writing (though the writing included aspects of this, since when Crowley tried to stop writing he was compelled to continue . The writing also recorded Crowley's own thoughts). Rather he said that the experience was exactly like an actual voice speaking to him . This resulted in a few transcription errors, about which the scribe had to later inquire . </P> <P> Note, moreover, with what greedy vanity I claim authorship even of all the other A ∴ A ∴ Books in Class A, though I wrote them inspired beyond all I know to be I . Yet in these Books did Aleister Crowley, the master of English both in prose and in verse, partake insofar as he was That . Compare those Books with The Book of the Law! The style (of the former) is simple and sublime; the imagery is gorgeous and faultless; the rhythm is subtle and intoxicating; the theme is interpreted in faultless symphony . There are no errors of grammar, no infelicities of phrase . Each Book is perfect in its kind . </P> <P> He also admits to the possibility that Aiwass may be identified with his own subconscious, although he thought this was unlikely: </P>

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