Testimonial letter from Christl Seiderer

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 Christl Seiderer. It is "Exhibit A-998" 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 image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.

christl seiderer Stylist, Theater Modelist Diplom of the " école superieure de la mode "(Fashion School) 25, Quai des grands Augustins 75006 PARIS FRANCE July 18, 1983 To Whom it may concern Following my husband, Franz Setderer, who was appointed as treasurer of The European Space Agency in Paris in 1970, I discoverd the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and found them enriching for my professional and social life. My relationships with the diplomatic world as well as with the world of (LES createurs) became radiant and contagious. My encounter with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, as master of a New Age, has enormously deepened my knowledge of humanity and has brought to my work in fashion and its distribution a great enrichment. To me , Bhagwan is the most radiant, extraordinary being I have ever met. HE IS DIVINE. Sincerely Christl Seiderer [signed]

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