the Gold Coast of Queensland. In England, North
America, Australia, and New Zealand he taught
seminars in his increasingly popular Course in
Being. In 1993 Long began teaching a 16-day event
called the Master Session, which took place annu-
ally in New South Wales. His teachings emphasize
the living of truth and the realization that no dual-
ity exists between one’s self and the greater power.
Long’s seminars introduce the stillness of being
and the attainment of an inner place from which
people can live their daily lives. The Barry Long
Foundation headquartered in Australia does not
have formal membership but continues to publish
and distribute Long’s written works through its
publication branch, Barry Long Books.
Long died of prostate cancer on December 6,
2003.
Further reading: Barry Long, Knowing Yourself: The
True in the False (London: Barry Long Foundation,
1996); ———, Only Fear Dies (London: Barry Long
Foundation, 1994); ———, The Origins of Man and
the Universe (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984);
———, Wisdom and Where to Find It (London: Barry
Long Foundation, 1994).
Lozowick, Lee (1943– ) Western Baul teacher
Lee Lozowick is an American teacher of the YOGA
practices and syncretic Buddhist-Hindu philoso-
phy of the BAUL SECT of Bengal. He is a prolific
poet and writer, whose practice strongly empha-
sizes music—he and his followers have performed
around the world.
Born on November 18, 1943, in Brooklyn,
New York, to Russian Jewish parents, Lozowick
describes his early life as “completely ordinary.”
His grandfather had been a tzaddik, or religious
teacher, and his father, Louis, a successful artist.
In 1970, while living in New Jersey, Lozowick
became a teacher of Silva Mind Control and stud-
ied the human potential movement in depth. In
1975, after reading the works of ADI DA SAMRAJ
(known at the time as Bubba Free John), which
he recognized as true, he became enlightened, or
as he puts it, “woke up.” He describes the process
as completely impersonal and not the result of
any training or discipline. In 1977, Lozowick
went to India and met Yogi RAMSURATKUMAR, who
was living at the ashram of RAMANA MAHARSHI in
Tiruvannamalai, South India. Lozowick called the
yogi his “father.”
Lozowick relates that since 1975 he has been
teaching in the Western Baul tradition. The Bauls
of Bengal are a 500-year-old sect of ecstatic sing-
ers, love poets, and wandering minstrels who
sprang from the folk tradition of rural Bengal.
The Bauls blend tantric Buddhism and devotional
Hinduism with music, dance, and yoga of sexual
energy and breath, to form a path to God-realiza-
tion through the body. Lozowick has adapted this
tradition to serve spiritual seekers in the West.
Lozowick’s teachings emphasize the practice
of guru yoga, which he himself practiced for 25
years when his own guru was alive and continues
to practice since his death. Lozowick functions
as both guru and disciple. He has published over
1,000 poems to his master, Yogi Ramsuratkumar.
After awakening, Lozowick formed a small
community called Hohm in New Jersey and began
to teach spiritual devotees. In 1980, the com-
munity moved to Arizona, where both the Hohm
Sahaj Mandir (temple) and Hohm Community
are located. Lozowick also founded two ashrams,
in France and India. Hohm Press has issued a
number of publications on spiritual topics, natu-
ral health, Eastern religion, poetry, and parenting.
Lozowick himself has written 18 books.
Lozowick is known for the poetry and music
he has produced in the past 20 years. He is the
lead singer in Sri, a blues band composed of
members of his community that has produced
nine albums and performs yearly tours to large
audiences throughout Europe and the United
States. His community also has a theater company,
a gospel choir, a children’s school, a publishing
company, and several published authors. He is a
passionate advocate for children and teaches prac-K 262 Lozowick, Lee