Testimonial letter from Suzanne Brøgger

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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 Suzanne Brøgger. It is "Exhibit A-716" 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.

KNUDSTRUP
4282 LØVE
JULY 20TH. 1983

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I, SUZANNE BRØGGER, DANISH AUTHOR, TRANSLATED INTO THIRTEEN LANGUAGES, CONGRATULATE THE UNITED STATES FOR RECEIVING THE GREAT TEACHER, BHAGWAN RAJNEESH, ON ITS LANDS.

I AM NOT EXACTLY A DISCIPLE OF HIS, BUT I HAVE COME ACROSS HIS TEACHING IN MANY AREAS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE, INCLUDING HIS OWN WRITING, AND SO I HAVE FELT HIS SPIRITUAL POWER FOR MANY YEARS.

I DEFINETELY CONSIDER BHAGWAN RAJNEESH A TEACHER OF EXEPTIONAL ABILITY AND AN IMPORTANT CHALLENGE ON THE WAY OF KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS. FURTHERMORE, I CONSIDER HIM AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND IN ACHIEVING WORLD PEACE.

SINCERELY YOURS,
[signed]
SUZANNE BRØGGER


(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.)