Testimonial letter from Josipovici Jean
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 Josipovici Jean. It is "Exhibit A-351" 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.
 Je, sousigné, Josipovici Jean, né à Triel-sur Seine (Pran.ee) le 8 août 1911*, résident à Possano Calabro (Italia), élève de Joseph Segond, Maurice Blondel, Jacques Palliard, Maurice Mignon, Jacques Berget? disciple d’Henri Bergson et de Paul Valéry. - Diplômé en Psychologie, Psychopathologie, Esthétique, Logique, Sociologie et Métaphysique. Auteur des ouvrages suivants: A la demande de Madame Prabhu Pravità, que j’estime et admire DECLARE Qu’ayant lu certains ouvrages du Maître spirituel Bhagwan Shree Bajneesh dont: Que ces livres, notamment "Je suis la Porte" et "La Rivoluzione Interiore", ont eu un grand succès en Prance et en Italie, et reflètent l’extraordinaire personnalité d’un puissant Maitre à penser. Que je n’ai pas eu le bonheur de rencontrer Bhagwian Shree Rajneesh,mais je peux dire que sa vaste compréhension et sa transmission des problèmes religieux ont influé positivement sur de nombreux disciples. Je le certifie d’autant mieux qu’en ayant connu certains, j’en ai apprécié leur haute qualité. En ce qui me concerne, j’ajoute que j’appartiens au 33 grade du Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepté de la Massonerie Universelle, et qu’un Comité est en voie de formation pour présenter ma candidature au Prix Nobel 1984. Pait en toute bonne foi. translationI, the undersigned, Jean Josipovicin, born at Triel-sur-Seine (France) the 8th of August, 1914, residing at Rossano Calabro (Italy), student of Joseph Segond, Maurice Blondel, Jacques Palliard, Maurice Mignon, Jacques Berget; disciple of Henry Bergson and of Paul Valery. - Diploma in Psychology, Pathology, Aesthetics, Logic, Sociology and Metaphysics. Author of the following works: At the request of Mrs. Prabhu Pravita, whom I esteem and admire DECLARE That having read certain works of the spiritual master Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, namely: That these books, notably "Je suis la Porte" and "La Rivoluzione Interiore", have been very successful in France and in Italy, and reflect the extraordinary personality of a powerful philosophical master. That I have not had the pleasure of meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, but I can say that his vast understanding and his transmission of religious issues have positively influenced numerous disciples. I can verify this still more for having met certain disciples. I have appreciated their high quality. As concerns myself, I add that I am a member of the 33 grade of the Ancient Scottish Rite and the Accepted of the Universal Masons, and that a committee is being formed to present my candidacy for the Nobel Prize in 1984. Made in good faith |
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