Testimonial letter from Matthias Krenke
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 Matthias Krenke. It is "Exhibit A-1421" 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.
 Matthias Krenke To whom it may concern - I am 33 years old. I became acquainted with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh six years ago by one of his tape lectures. At this time I was finishing my studies in economics at the Free University, Berlin. I received my degree in 1979. Now I am working as a tax accountant in a professional office. Bhagwan immediately appeared to me as a clear-cut scientist. Today we have a lot of "scientists" who can compile books and articles, but a genius is very rare. That means someone who has a daring way of thinking and is able to put it into a logical form. This scientific approach demonstrated in Bhagwan’s philosophical, theological and psychological treatises assisted me greatly while working on a research paper investigating "Keynesianism and Monetarism." Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is giving a new impetus to the scientific world. He puts his energy into reconnecting the sciences with their basis. Science, art and religion were a unity hundreds of years ago, rooted in men’s trust in God. Bhagwan, a man of immense knowledge and wisdom, unites science with religion. This effort has inspired thousands of students and academics in Germany and given Bhagwan a deservedly outstanding international reputation. [signed] |
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