Testimonial letter from Laurence J. Horowitz
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 Laurence J. Horowitz PhD. It is "Exhibit A-180" 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 5 pages.
 Sonoma State University To Whom It May Concern: This letter is in support of retaining Bagwan Rajneesh in the United States on a permanent basis. I have included my vitae to establish my credibility with you as having some expertice in human relations and an identifiable professional in the field of Psychology - family psychology and community psychology in particular. I feel that the work that Rajneesh has been doing has been and will continue to be of outstanding value in human relations and interpersonal relations as these areas effect the spiritual and secular aspects of life in the United States. His thinking and writing has made unique and provocative contributions to our ability to understand the spiritual and psychological basis of Eastern Philosophy and help us to intergrate those creative aspects into contemporary American thought. His continuous presence in this country will be of inestimable value to those of us in the responsible positions of teachers, psychologist and active contributors to and participants in the mainstream of American culture. I hope I have encouraged you to recognize in some measure the value of such a resource as Rajneesh to our society that needs to seek, question and innovate to stay healthy and alive. Sincerely, |
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