Testimonial letter from Alexandro Jodorowsky
This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.
This letter is from Alexandro Jodorowsky. It is "Exhibit A-713" in the Noles collection.
The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original.
The original letter, written in French, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.
 JEGA
7, RUE DES DAMES AUGUSTINES 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE TÉL 757.68.05 Je considère que BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH avant tout comme un Homme d'une vaste culture,qui pour mol,à travers ses livres,a été une source inappréciable et utile pour moi... Ses concepts clairs sur la Philosophie et les religions orientales telles que celles du Japon,Chine,11Inde et Moyen-Orient sont précieux surtout pour des élèves occidentaux qui n’ont pas d'accès faciles à de telles sources. Je pense que refuser le visa à un Homme d'une telle qualité est une grave erreur ! [signed] SARL AU CAPITAL DE 300000 F NANTERRE RC 80 B 21591 N° SIRENE 319427 902 CARTE DE PRODUCTEUR N° 5512 translationJEGA, 7, Rue des Dames Augustines 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Tel.757.68.05
Alexandro JODOROWSKY I esteem BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH above all as a Man of vast culture, who for me, through his books, has been an invaluable source and useful for me ... His clear concepts about philosophy and the oriental religions such as those of Japan, China, India and the Middle East are especially precious for western students who do not have easy access to such sources. I think that to refuse the visa to a Man of such quality is a grave error! (signed) JODOROWSKY |
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