Testimonial letter from Rosemary Eagle
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 Rosemary Eagle. It is "Exhibit A-2322" 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.
 Ganghoferstr. 86 To whom it may concern. I, Rosemary Eagle, am a British subject and a professional teacher. I attained a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Geography and German at the School of European Studies, University of Sussex, England, in June 1978. For the last six years I've been a language teacher in Western Germany, working in State and private schools, and private industry. During this time I studied for a second degree in Psychology and Education at the University of Munich. I would like to testify that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is a man of exceptional ability in the areas of psychology and education, and has inspired me personally in my professional field. My initial contact with Bhagwan's work was as a part of my Psychology course. We visited therapeutic and educative institutions in Germany as a practical course, one of which was Purvodaya, a centre run by disciples of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. We were shown various meditation and therapeutic methods by Dr. Rudi Wormser, a member of the centre, and previous professor of Psychology at the University of Munich. Dr. Wornser conveyed so much commitment and enthusiasm that I began to read books by Bhagwan Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's intellectual contribution in the areas of Psychology and Education are outstanding, and impressed and influenced me in my professional and private life to an extent greater than any other modern day writer. During my visit to Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, in July 1982, I recognized that Bhagwan is a continuing inspiration, not only to his followers, but to professional people from all spheres, world-wide. [signed] |
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