Testimonial letter from Ganesh Neumair
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 Ganesh Neumair. It is "Exhibit A-1716" 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.
 8.July.83 To whom it may concern. I am a painter holding a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts Urbino and an art professor appointed by the ministry of public education in Italy. Exhibitions of my paintings in Italy and abroad have won acclaim, wide press coverage and several awards. I have also been conducting creativity workshops and art courses for teachers and professionals. As part of my study at the Academy of Fine Arts I have done research on Indian artforms, especially the mandala and the tantric paintings in India. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, whom I first met in Bombay in 1972 and whose work I have followed closely ever since has proved to be a constant inspiration, both in my work as a free artist as well as in my educational work. I have introduced techniques devised by him in government schools and in my workshops with great success and have been immensely helped by his guidance in regards to mental, emotional and spiritual growth, and education in general. Bhagwan’s aesthetic sense and sensibility, his rare insight into the creative process and the creativityblocking and releasing mechanisms of the mind as well as the inspiration he provides to thousands of professionals who work in the. fields of art, architecture, music, design, etc. make him an outstanding personality in these feilds too--beside his unquestionable authority as a spiritual and religious world leader. [signed] |
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