Testimonial letter from Y Tormezi(?)

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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 Y Tormezi(?). It is "Exhibit A-997" 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.

EDITEURS ēpi
DÉPARTEMENT DES ÉDITIONS DESCLÉE DE BROUWER
76 BIS, RUE DES SAINTS-PERES, 75007 PARIS
R.C. 55 B B283
SIREN 552082836
Code APE 5112
Société Anonyme au capital de 1.050.060 F
Téléphone: 544.07.63
Télex DDB P 202098 F
Paris, 1983, July, 19

We are the publishers of the French edition of Bhagwan’s book I AM THE GATE.

Specialised in books about self-improvement and tendencies for a better human life, we have published books of some famous American therapeuts as Carl Rogers, Virginia Satir, Alexander Lowen , Dr.Carl Simonton, J.H.Foulkes, Zeka Moreno, Fritz Perls, Claude Steiner....

We decided to publish ’’ I am the Gate” as we considered Bhagwan approach in the field of improvement of the person, an original one and helpful.

We are also interested in his project concerning the ecologist experience of Rajneeshpuram Oregon.

EPI éditeurs
[signed]
Services administratifs et commercials : 83. rue Hoche, 92240 Malakoff • Tel. 656.26.93
Guichet parisien : 38, boulevard Raspail, 75007 Paris • Tel. 548.18.96


(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.)