Testimonial letter from Oskar Ruf
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 Dr. phil. Oskar Ruf. It is "Exhibit A-462" 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 original letter, written in German, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.
 Praxis für Psychotherapie • Aktion zur Unterstützung einer Niederlassungsbewilligung von Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Sehr geehrte Herren, Ich bin Gründer der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gruppenpsychologie und Gruppendynamik, deren gegenwärtiger Präsident Prof. Br. A. Uchtenhagen ist. Als Fachmann auf dem Gebiete der Gruppenpsychotherapie kann ich bestätigen, dass die Therapie-Zentren, die im Auftrag von Shree Rajneesh gegründet worden sind, wie zum Beispiel GYANDIP in Zürich, auf dem Gebiete der Gruppenpsychotherapie hervorragende Arbeit leisten. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh hat eine Psychologie und eine Palette von Therapieformen in die Welt gesetzt, die fruchtbar ist. Ich selber überweise Klienten und Pat. in die Bhagwan-Zentren zur Psychotherapie. Es ist daher angezeigt, dass man diesem indischen Lehrer, der sich gegenwärtig in den USA aufhält, eine dauernde Bleibe verschafft., damit sein Werk sich ausdehen kann. Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung translationPractice for Psychotherapy Support for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to obtain a permit to reside in the USA. To whom it may concern: I am the founder of the Swiss Association for Group Psychology and Group Dynamics, whose present president is Prof.Dr. A. Uchtenhagen. As an expert in the fields of group psychotherapy I can confirm that the therapy centers founded by direction of Shree Rajneesh, such as for example GYANDIP in Zurich, perform excellent work in the realm of group psychotherapy. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh has given the world a fruitful psychology and a palette of therapy methods. I myself send clients and patients to Bhagwan centers for psychotherapy. It is therefore most appropriate to give this Indian teacher who at present lives in the USA a permanent residence so that his work may expand. Yours sincerely, |
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