Testimonial letter from Luk de Bruyne

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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 Luk de Bruyne. It is "Exhibit A-1551" 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.

Luk de Bruyne
Kerkstraat 32
9930 Zomergem
Belgium
22 July 1983

To whom it may concern:

I have a university degree in literature and have practised theatre and sculpture the last ten years in Belgium, Holland, France, England and Poland.

I first came across Bhagwan's books and tapes in the spring of 1978 and I have been greatly impressed by the depth of his vision.

He has investigated the nature of creativity thoroughly and he has been able to describe the subtle processes that are behind the act of creativity. He has influenced my whole approach to the work of art, whether it was writing, working with actors or making a sculpture. Instead of an outlet for neurotic minds, art is a celebration of the essence of life.

Bhagwan's vision of life is in many ways an answer to the needs of modern mankind.

Sincerely yours,
[signed]
Luk de Bruyne


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