Testimonial letter from Gregorio

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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 Gregorio. It is "Exhibit A-11" 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 Italian, 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.

Chiesa Cattoloca Ortodossa in Italia (Patriarcato di Mosca)

Comunità di TORINO, Via Belfiore n°12

Addi 18 luglio 1983

To whom it may concerne.

Sono l'Archimandrita di Torino e appartengo canonicamente alla Chiesa Patriarcale Russa (Mosca).

Il mio incontro col pensiero e l'azione di Bhagwan Rajneesh è stato un autentica folgorazione. A cavallo fra i due mondi, quello Orientale e quello Occidentale, ch'Egli possiede. interamente, questo Maestro può operare alla rinascita di un mondo nuovo, di. un mondo migliore: egli apre l' età dell' Acquario.

Mi auguro soltanto che i suoi discepoli, che sono legione, non tradiscano il suo messaggio di LIBERAZIONE.

Tutti insieme, discepoli e simpatizzanti, sotto la sua guida, potremo veramente fare l'unica rivoluzione che conti: LA RIVOLUZIONE INTERIORE.

Tanto dovevo a questo grande Maestro dai lineamenti inconfondibili.

signed: Gregorio Archimandrita

translation

TRANSLATION

Orthodox Catholic Church of Italy

(Moscow Patriarchate)

July 18, 1983

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I am the Archimandrite of Turin and I belong canonically to the Russian Patriarchal Church (Moscow) .

My encounter with the thoughts and actions of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has been an authentic lightning bolt. In between two worlds, the Eastern and the Western, which He knows totally, this Master can work for the rebirth of a new world, of a better world: he opens the Age of Aquarius.

I only hope that his disciples, who are thousands, will not betray his message of "LIBERATION" .

We, disciples and sympathizers, together and under his guidance, will be able to do the only valuable revolution: THE INNER REVOLUTION.

So much I owe to this Master who has such unmistakable features.

Gregorio


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