Testimonial letter from Maria Antonietta Egger

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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 Maria Antonietta Egger. It is "Exhibit A-2106" in the Noles collection.

The original letter was handwritten in Italian, a text transcription has not yet been created. A text version of its translation 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.

The image in the text box links to a pdf file with the original letter, the translation, and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.

translation

Milan, July 23, 1983

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I, M. Antonietta Egger, am a high school teacher and hold a Master Degree in Italian Language and Literature from the "Bocconi" University of Milan.

I had many occasion to go to India, Poona and listen to the discourses of BHagwan Shree Rajneesh, partecipate in therapy and meditation groups inspired by His teachings.

Bhagwan is still a focal point in my life; I keep reading his books & visit the Vivek Center in Milan to partecipate in the meditations.

For economical reasons, I cannot come to the United states, but I share the events happening in Rajneeshpuram with love.

I deeply wish that this enlightened master BHagwan Shree Rajneesh may continue his work in the United States of America as he helps thousands of people from all over the world to grow spiritually & morally.

I heartily wish that the American authorities will become aware of the immense work of this very great Master and will allow him to sejourn in Rajneeshpuram!

Yours truly
Maria Antonella Egger
Via Casa;e 3A
20144 Milano
Italy


See discussion re her name.


(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.)