Testimonial letter from Kennet Williamsson

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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 Kennet Williamsson. It is "Exhibit A-715" 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.

Zinkgruvan, Sweden
20 July, 1983

To whom it may concern:

My name is Kennet Williamsson and I am a Swedish potter. I am 32 years old and have been potting since I was 14, often obtaining grants from the government and various cultural organizations. I have exhibited throughout Sweden and also abroad and am represented in many collections, including the National Museum in Stockholm. Early in my work I became interested in Oriental pottery, especially Japanese and Korean pots. The early Japanese tea masters had a much deeper relationship to things than what we Westerners had or have. Through looking at pots and reading about Eastern craft philosophy I came in contact with Zen ana it is here that one finds Bhagwan. He is a true master of the Art of Being which involves everything around us, including pottery. I am very thankful that I came to know Bhagwan. He has taught me a lot about making pots through helping me learn to become myself. I feel that his message is vital to today’s world and that he must be allowed to continue his work by every possible means.

Sincerely,
[signed]
Kennet Williamsson


(Please note: We assume that the above letter is still copyrighted, but we regard its historical interest to constitute a Fair Use exception for publication in this wiki.)