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Ronin Publishing, Inc., is an independent press in Leary. “Life Skills—With Attitude” include books that tell Berkeley, California, publishing books as tools for per- how to thrive in a changing world, become more autono- sonal empowerment and expanded consciousness. Our mous and find work you love doing. “Fringe Series” keeps name is inspired by the Japanese word for unindentured you informed about things off the grid. “EntheoSpiritual- or maverick samurai, called ronin or “wave men,” be- ity” shows how to find your God within. cause they were cast onto the chaotic waves of change. Ronin sells Books for Independent Minds to educate Our mission is to publish books that foster independent and inform only. We do not advocate breaking the law, thought and empower the individual to become self- including the use of drugs or harming persons or property. mastering and surf the waves. We make no warranties. Get our books at your local bookstore to save on shipping fees, and support your local bookseller. If you See the Terms of Sale (page 16) and our Order Form can’t get books at a nearby store, you can order for complete information. If you are under 18, please do Ronin Please respect other customers’ from amazon.com, b&n.com or directly from us. Check not call or place orders. our website for lastest online catalog. concerns and our position on this issue. We are not inter- “Psychobotanicals” encompasses psychedelics ested in sending our catalog or books to minors. Addition- and their personal, social and cultural impact. “Leary ally, we do not ship catalogs or books to prisons or correc- Library” includes books authored by or about Timothy tional institutions because they are always returned. WARNING: Don’t look inside this catalog if you have a closed mind, object to independent thinking, or are under 18. LEARY LIBRARY Chaos and Cyber Culture—20th Anniversary Timothy Leary, PhD, with William Gibson, William Burroughs, Winona Ryder & Others Timothy Leary’s “cyberpunk manifesto” describes a New Breed that loves technology and uses it to revolutionize communication while having fun creating the cyberdelic politics and culture of the 21st Century. Leary was a leading figure in cyber culture, much as he was a leading figure in the consciousness revolution of the 1960s.Chaos and Cyber Culture brings together over 100,000 words of provocative, futuristic writings and cogent conversa- tions in a graphic format with over 100 illustrations.

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High Priest Timothy Leary, PhD, Foreword by Allen Ginsberg Chronicles Timothy Leary’s experiences on 16 early, formative psychedelic trips before LSD was illegal. The “high priests” include Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, Ram Dass, Ralph Metzner, Huston Smith, and Frank Baron. Each chapter includes an I Ching reading and a chronicle of a trip, along with marginalia of comments and quotations, and illustrations. Leary is a hero of American consciousness. —Allen Ginsburg

Collector’s Edition signed by Timothy Leary and numbered $100.00

Psychedelic Prayers & Other Meditations Timothy Leary, PhD, w/ Ralph Metzner, Rosemary Woodruff Leary, Michael Horowitz Leary’s only book of poetry. Manual to higher consciousness inspired by Lao Tse’s Tao Te Ching (Way of Life). Includes six recently rediscovered poems, photos and drawings cover of the German edition by H.R. Giger and photograph of Leary in India, and essays by Michael Horowitz, Rosemary Wood- ruff Leary, and Ralph Metzner who was with Leary in India when the book was written.

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The Politics Turn On, Tune In, of Ecstasy Drop Out Timothy Leary Timothy Leary Foreword Jeffrey Foreword by Tom Robbins, Mishlove, PhD Intro by R.U. Sirius 152 pp • $14.95 222 pp • $14.95 1-57951-009-4 1-57951-031-0 Leary at his best, beckoning with humor Exploration of human conscious- and irreverence, visionary of individual empowerment, personal responsibility and ness during the “Summer of Love.” spiritual awakening. Ramifications of psychedelic expe- Timothy Leary—in his own inimitable way—has rience. interview reveal- Playboy become the twentieth century’s ing the sexual power of LSD; an outline of the neurological grand master of crazy wisdom…. theory that became Leary’s classic eight-circuit model. —Jeffrey Mishlove

2 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Your Brain is God Timothy Leary 112 pp • $12.95 1-57951-052-3 How the Harvard-Milbrook psychedelic research moved from the scientific to the religious arena after Leary and Alpert came to understand that the US Constitution does not protect scientific exploration. The brain had replaced the gentials as the forbidden organ that must not be touched or turned on by the owners so the only way in which consciousness-change experiences could be discussed was in terms of philosophic-religious. —Timothy Leary

Change Your Brain Timothy Leary 112 pp • $12.95 1-57951-017-5 For Timothy Leary, drugs are useful tools to reprogram your brain circuits—while having a good time in the process. How to Change Your Brain is a compilation of Leary’s earliest work at Harvard on “re-imprinting” your brain and the outrage it provoked in stodgy cor- ners of professional and academic psychology. Filled with inside stories and Leary’s keen observations of hyprocracy which he reveals with his characteristic humorous cynicism.

Start Your Own Religion Timothy Leary Preface: Scoop Nisker 1-57951-073-6, 240 pp • $14 You and your friends can do anything that the great religions and empires have done in the name of their Gods. You can choose your God to be smart, compassionate, cute and goofy. Create a cult comprised of your family and friends, then develop a personal mythology and write your own New Testament. Religious, mystical visionary possession states are powerful and wonderful. They open the doors of perception, polish our sensory lenses, and shake up the autonomic nervous system. CyberPunks Search for Alternatives CyberFreedom the True to Involuntary Timothy Leary Aphrodisiac Death 192 pp • $12.95 Timothy Leary 978-1-57951-084-8 Timothy Leary 124 pp -$12.95 1 pp • $12.95 Change Reality Screens! 978-1-57951-088-6 978-1-57951-087-9 Reboot your brain—often! Sex is the highest No more pious wimpy Our brains are only in operation when they are form of communi- slamming bytes and bits of information back cation. Imaginaiton talk about death. Time and forth—multimedia communication. Brains governs sexual desire. Explores the to talk cheerfully and joke sassily about want to hook up with other brains. Includes anxieties taboos around sex. The brain personal responsibility for managing the The Cyberpunk Manifesto by Christian A. is the ultimate organ of pleasure—if you dying process. Dying is the most fascinating Kirtchev who calls cyberfreedrom sekers to know how to use it. Leary explains how. experience in life. Design your own death! . action. Leary says, Think for yourself; qus- tion authority. Chaos is good. Chaos creates infinite possibiities.

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 3 The Fugitive Philosopher Timothy Leary $12.95 978-1-57951-039-6, 192 pp.

Busted for pot in 1965, Timothy Leary was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He escaped, and thus began an almost farcical odyssey: the former West Point student and Harvard professor was now an acid-tripping fugitive. In this delightfully irreverent account, Leary describes his time in Algeria and Switzerland, where he was sheltered by an arms dealer; his exploits with the Weathermen and Eldridge Cleaver, who tried to hold him hostage; and his capture and return to the U.S.

The Politics of Self-Determination Timothy Leary 104 pp • $12.95 - 1-57951-015-9 Leary’s bedrock work. As a graduate student, Leary created a theory of personality that was a significant catalyst sparking the human growth movement and got him his Harvard appointment— before LSD. Shows Leary’s views on personal freedom when he was a young psychologist and how they evolved and morphed by the end of his career. Nestled here and there are glimpses of the ronin attitudes that propelled him and the strategies that he used to get around the system to pursue his research.

Politics of Psycho-Pharamocology Timothy Leary w/ Sasha Shulgin, Rosemary Woodruff Leary & Richard Glen Boire, Esq. 1-57951-056-6, 128 pp • $12.95 Amazing saga of Leary’s persecution by the “authorities.” The Queen of Hearts-like escape trial, appearance before US Senate and interrogation by Teddy Kennedy, G. Gordon Liddy in their bedroom, Leary’s enlightened platform in his campaign for Govenor of California—and more. Tim was outrageous and we love him for it!

Evolutionary Agents Timothy Leary 192 pp • $12.95 1-57951-064-7 It’s not survival of the fittest; it’s the evolution of the fastest in the Human Race. Evoutionary Agents are catalysts, stimulating mutation and migration. They are “Out-Castes”—cast out, thrown forward, pushed up, above and beyond contemporary realities. Intelligence is not a matter of I.Q. but of DNA. Mobility is the key to increased intelligence. All suffering is caused by being in the wrong place—move! The only smart thing to do is to get smarter.

Musings on Human Metamorphsis Timothy Leary 128 pp • $12.95 1-57951-058-2 Humans are morphing into space beings—we are becoming the aliens. The eight circuits of human metamorphosis, analyzing in depth the consciousness—and its purpose—manifested by each change. Musings from spinning up the genetic highway to neurogeography of terrestrial politics to twelve stages of post-cultural evolution.

4 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Lilly Library The Quiet Center John C. Lilly, MD & Philip Bailey Lilly Lilly blends sicence and philisophy to discovering new truths and escape the deluge of our frantic world. The result was his provocative “isolation experience”. This book explores the center of the cyclone through personal experiences in the Isolation Tank.

144 pp • $12.95 1-57951-059-0

The Scientist: Metaphysical Autobiography John C. Lilly, MD, Foreword by Timothy Leary Lilly tells his behind-the-scenes story of his astonishing discoveries—from his early experiments mapping the brains of monkeys and communicating with dolphins to his awesome breakthroughs with consciousness-expanding drugs and isolation tanks. A Peeping Tom at the Keyhole of Eternity. —New Age Journal

256 pp • $14.95 0-914171-72-0 Programming the Human BioComputer John C. Lilly, MD Lilly’s amazing manual on the biochemical parallels between the human brain and computers. How to self-metaprogram using entheogens. Long awaited nitty-gritty information on how to operate your amazing robot.

192 pp • $12.95 1-57951-065-5 Center of the Cyclone John C. Lilly, M.D. Lilly tells of his experiences in “far-out spaces” and how such spaces are programmed with self-meta- programming. The Center of the Cyclone goes behind the scenes into Lilly’s inner life exploring inner space. Offers a scientific explanation of how the mind operates in the entheogenic state. Lilly’s “classic” now available again after being long out of print.

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The Steersman Metabeliefs & Self-Navigation John C. Lilly, M.D. The Steersmans—the programmer in the biocomputer—navigates partly by metabeliefs, those sometimes conscious, but mostly unconscious, assumptions, axioms, biases, prejudices. models, and simula- tions that determine our thoughts, feelings, motives and sense of what is real and true. Like an iceberg, beliefs are mostly our of awareness. Explores common meta-beliefs and how they direct our lives. $14.95, 192 pg. 978-1-57951-037-4

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 5 Visit Docpotter’s site at www.docpotter.com Docpotter Overcoming Question Authority Job Burnout to Think for Your- How to Renew Enthusi- self asm for Work, 3rd. ed Dr. Beverly Potter, Dr. Beverly Potter, Esplains how to break out of con- Illustrations by Phil Frank formity. Tells how authorities use Millions of workers suffer from ridicule to undermind us and how feelings of powerlessness in the to defuse it. How to break out of workplace which can destroy mental straightjacked called “PC”. 192 pp • $14.95 motivation for work. Includes the 978-1-57951-162-3 Burnout Potential Inventory, Am I Burning Out? and Is My Staff 240 pp • $14.95 Burning Out? tests. Index. 978-1-57951-074-9

High Performance Goal Setting 96 pp • $9.95 Using Intuition to Conceive & Achieve Your Dreams 978-1-57951-012-1 Dr. Beverly Potter Intuition is the “secret weapon” of high performers. High performance goals are powerful—compelling and magnetic so they pull you towards the goal the way a magnet would, so that you don’t have to drive yourself. Filled with interesting illustrtions, set in easy to read large type, making it a quick read that in fun and pops right into your head. Easy to implement techniques and charming “Shaman Woman” stories characteristic of Docpotter’s work. This is definitely a book for “the rest of us.” —NAPRA Review

Finding a Path with a Heart 356 pp • $14.95 How to Go from Burnout to Bliss 978-0-914171-74-4 Dr. Beverly Potter, Foreword by Michael Toms, Illustrations by Phil Frank Finding a Path with a Heart shows how to find direction and meaning in your work and your life by finding your own path, one that is in tune with your values, one that will make your heart sing. In this work Docpotter offers a step-by-step method for becoming a “self-leader”—so that you can set your direction and have a joyous journey. Illustrations, charts, index. Fascinating, useful and enjoyable to read. —NAPRA Review Beating Maverick As Beyond Consciousness Job Master in the What Happens After Death Burnout Marketplace Dr. Beverly Potter How To The Way of the $15.00 - 240 pp. 978-157951-083-1 Increase Job Office Warrior Death is the ultimate enigma. Is Dr. Beverly Potter death the end of human experience, Audio Cassette - 60 min - $9.95 or do we continue in some other Satisfaction Interview with Michael Toms of state of being? What of consciousness? What happens to Dr. Beverly Potter New Dimensions Radio provides awareness? To our souls? If the mind can exist ourside Audio Cassette - 60 min - $9.95 insights to empower the inde- of the brain, then it is conceivable that the mind—con- A lively and informative pendent minded to rise above sciousness—can exist after death. Beyond Consciousness interview Psychology Today corporate feudalism and get ahead explores this critical question. with Docpotter. Describes the while enjoying it more. ISBN:978-0- Provocative and inspirational. symptoms and causes of job 914171-42-3 burnout and how to overcome 6 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 The Worrywart’s Simple Pleasures Companion : Twenty-One Ways Tuning into NOW to Soothe Yourself & Dr. Beverly Potter Worry Smart 160 pp • $15.95 978-1-885171-19-7 Dr. Beverly Potter Derived from 190 pp • $15.95 978-1-885171-15-3 The Pleasures of Life Are you a worrywart? Take by Sir John Lubbock the quiz to find out.

From Conflict to Cooperation 194 pp • $14.95 How to Mediate a Dispute 978-0-914171- Dr. Beverly Potter, Illustrations by Phil Frank Techniques for mediators to resolve disputes. This manual shows how to intervene to control hostility while uncovering each party’s perspective on the issues involved. It then demonstrates how to mediate an agreement. Superb guide to mediating disputes…excellent source…a basic training manual for those involved in mediating disputes. Potter’s handbook is highly recommended.—Library Journal

272 pp • $14.95 The Way of the Ronin 978-1-57951-051-0 Riding the Waves of Change at Work Dr. Beverly Potter, Foreword by Dennis Jaffe, PhD The ronin career strategy is based on versatility, independence, initiative and savvy. Rather than focusing on a narrow career path, ronin surf the waves of change by building a wide range of skills and using work as an adventure. An inspiring alternative to the ladder-climbing mentality of the corporate world. Strategies to escape from “corporate feudalism” to establish yourself on the cutting edge.

Get Peak Performance Managing Yourself for Every Day: Excellence How to Manage Like a Coach Dr. Beverly Potter Dr. Beverly Potter 192 pg. $12.95 150 pg. $12.95 978-1-57951-071-8 978-1-57951-089-3 aches make the best bosses because HOw to become a Can-Do person they develop their staff as individuals and win at everything you do! and as a team so that they can perform at their peak.

Preventing Patriots Handbook Spiritual Secrets Job Burnout: Beverly A.Potter for Playing the Workbook Preface Mimi Steel Game of Life Dr. Beverly Potter 124 pp. - $12.95 - Dr. Beverly Potter 112 pp • $14.95 - 978-1-57951-108-1 112 pp • $14.95 - 978-1-56052-357-4 Tells the Constitutional 978-1-56052-357-4 Hands-on guide, tools for pushing big gov- From the Florence filled with fun-to-do exercises. ernment back. Sovel Shinn classic.

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 7 Marijuana Law: 288 pp • $17.95 978-0-914171-86-7 LAW Richard Boire, JD, Foreword by Tony Serra Comprehsensive legal manual explains marijuana laws and how they can impact upon citizens’ rights. Tells how people are arrested and prosecuted and how mj users can increase privacy protections, reduce the probability of arrest and defend themselves from prosecution. The medical necessity defense in marijuana cases, drug testing, case law, and Fed sentencing guidelines. Incl. Bill of Rights, Wallet cards, Case histories.

Medical Marijuana & the Law $12.95 Richard Boire, JD 1-57951-035-5 Kevin Feeney, JD Practical tactical manual provides reliable legal information for patients, doctors, law-makers or a law-enforcers. Spells out all the law about medical marijuana. In-depth discussions of both of federal and state laws, important cases, and specific requirements for lawfully using medical marijuana, this book provides all the important information that a medical marijuana user must know.

Pass the Test: An Employee Drug Testing At Work: Guide to Drug Testing A Guide for Employers Beverly A. Potter, PhD, & J. Sebastian Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Orfali, M.A. & J. Sebastian Orfali, MA Learn how tests work, your legal rights as an Describes the tests and how they work, employee, and what you can do to make sure how to set up a drug testing program. your employer tests fairly. Learn what over- It tells employers how to reduce the-counter medicines and foods, like poppy exposure to lawsuits and reveals how 160 pp. • $16.95 seeds, can cause false results. Most impor- employees beat the test. 978-1-57951-008-4 tantly, learn what steps to take to pass the test. 279 pp • $24.95 978-1-57951-007-7 Prescription Drug Abuse by Mark J. Estren, PhD 150 pp. $14.95, Isbn 978-157951-168-5

Explains why, even tho only a minority abuse prescriptions, the government cracks down on everyone and how this has contributed to homelessness. Describes symptoms, and tells how people get hooked. How to put together a team to do an “intervention”. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language. In- cludes the quiz: “Is my Loved One an Opiod Abuser?” Essential for anyone taking meds or with a family member who does.

Sacred Mushrooms & the Law Richard Boire, JD, Foreword T. McKenna Tells the legal landscape underlying psychedelic mushrooms. Provides practical tactical information never before accessible to the layperson. Federal and state laws concerning psilocybin, psilocin, and psilocybian mushrooms are covered, along with easy-to-use charts outlining potential punishments for those daring to defy governmental edicts. For anyone caught in the Kafkaesque dance macabre of preparing their defense. —Terance McKenna

128 pp. • $12.95 978-1-57951-061-9

8 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Health, Sex & Lifestyle Brain Boosters—Foods & Drugs That Make Your Smarter 256 pp • $16.95 Beverly Potter, PhD & Sebastian Orfali, MA 978-0-914171-65-2 Comprehensive guide to smart drugs and nutrients. How the brain works and the factors influencing mental performance. Includes a laymen’s description of the most important pharmaceuticals, vitamins, nutrients and herbs used to boost brain power. Charts. List of doctors.

Statins: Miraculous or Misguided? by Mark J. Estren, PhD $14.95, 150 pp isbn: 978-1-57951-166-1

Explains the risks of taking statins in jargon-free language. Tells the danger signs and explains what to do. Tells alternative approaches. Easy to understand. Fo patients and families of patients. Tells the pluses and minuses of taking statins.

Change Your Mind; 144 pp • $12.95 Youth Extension A to Z Change Your Weight 978-1-57951-060-2 Dr. Beverly Potter Dr. Raeleen Mautner, Foreword by B Schoenfeld Growing old is inevitable, but living old is your choice. You cannot stop time What goes on in your head influences your slimming from passing, but you can slow aging. down and staying slim. Learn to react to set-backs Youthful is fluid, rather than fixed. Tells with optimism, instead of by eating! Select realistic how to recapture youthfulness today. goals and tailor your weight-loss plan. . $12.95 - 166 pp 978-1-57951-090-9

Smart Ways to Stay Young Fountains of Youth; 128 pp • $9.95 & Healthy 978-0-914171-49-2 Eat Less, Live Longer Brad Gascoigne, MD & Julie Irwin Editors of Ronin Outlines common-sense ways to remain healthy. Overview of nutrients, pharmaceuti- information, provides proven methods of cals, and techniques that help you live staying healthy, helps you incorporate healthy younger and longer. 256 pp • $14.95 behaviors into your everyday life, and provides 978-0-914171-76-8

Marijuana Recipies & Remedies by Mary Jane Stawell $14.95, 160 pp. Isbn: 978-1-57951-133-3 Marijuana has sedative, pain-soothing, and anti-inflammatory powers. It is an analgesic or general pain-killer, making it safe for palliative care to reduce severe symptoms. It is so effective, it is often called the “new asprin”. Marijuana reduces inflammation which makes it ideal for people suffering from arthritis and mucles strains Gives recipies and tells how to make tinctures, poultices and salves.

The Healing Magic of Cannabis: It’s the High that Heals! Dr. Beverly Potter & Dan Joy $14.95, 192 pp • 978-1-57951-001-5 Guide to the healing and medicinal uses of cannabis. Cannabis can ease tension, reduce stress, trigger the well-known “relaxation response,” and foster optimistic thinking and positive mental attitudes. Tells how the psychoactivity of cannabis relates to the mind’s role in physical healing; medical conditions treated with cannabis; guidelines for patients to work with their doctors; health tips for cannabis smok- ers; and the use of the psychoactive properties of cannabis for healing purposes. Charts & tables.

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 9 Cooking with Cannabis Preparing Food & Drink with Marijuana, Hashish & Hash Oil Adam Gottlieb Cook verything from soup to nuts. The epicurean marijuana enthusiast combines altered consciousness with good taste. Includes tasty recipes for boiling, baking, sautéing, jellying, frying and seasoning psychoactive main courses, desserts and snacks. This hard to obtain cult classic is once again available. With the growing medical use of cannabis, this book is more relevant than ever, since cannabis ingested in food is often more appropriate for medical use than smoking marijuana.

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Marijuana Food Handbook—Cooking with Extract Bill Drake From bacon fat and lard to olive and grapeseed oils, the Marijuana Foods Handbooks, by the author of the best-selling Cultivator’s Handbook, offers an impressive range of options for cooking with cannabis. Readers learn how to calculate potency-per-portion and how to prepare cooking-quality extracts from different grades of marijuana and then are told how to use these aromatic, potent extracts in preparing just about any kind of food from snacks and sweets to entrees and sauces. Recipes and cooking tips.

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Sex Drugs & Aphrodisiacs Where to Obtain Them, How to Use them and their Effects Adam Gottlieb 81 pp, 978-0-914171-47-8 $12.95 Essential guide to herbs and potions traditionally associated with sensual pleasure. Chronicles the historical quest for aphrodisiacs. Preparations, and effects.

Chlorella Be Fire Safe! Living Cheaply Diana Bewicke & Steven C. Shepard, With Style Beverly Potter PhD Live Better and Chlorella is about the Filled with useful Spend Less single-celled micro- information, including Ernest Callenbach

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- 1-57951-104-0 - $13.95 • pp 188 essential amino acids, cause most of them!— cally sensible.how to over 20 vitamins and how to conduct a fire spend less money minerals, and has a drill, how to make your home escape- while improving the quality of life. higher content of chlorophyll than any ready, where to hide if trapped by a fire, Covers food, housing, clothes, furniture, known plant. It is a highly prized food in and lots more. This book can save your health, entertainment, transportation, deal- Japan. It can purify water and air while home, your life and your family. Great ing with the law, and more. Shows how to producing food, transforms animal waste discounts available on quantity purchas- analyze needs and wants, beat rising costs into feed, and can clean waste water es for gifts and fund-raising. and expand the pleasures in your life. Cal- while providing sanctuaries for birds and lenbach’s concept of the “green triangle” fish. Diagrams. is that environment, health, and money are 128 pp • $7.95 96 pp • $10.95 978-0-914171-02-7 1-57951-154-X intertwined. 10 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Marijuana Marijuana Botany: Propagation and Breeding of Distinctive Cannabis Robert Connell Clarke, Introduction by Mel Frank, Foreword by R.E. Schultes In recent times, marijuana has undergone more genetic experimentation and cross breeding than during the previous 10,000 years. This remarkable hybrid development was accomplished by clandestine growers new to any kind of farming. The definitive resource for current information on breeding, ecological factors, cultivation techniques, propagation, sexing, harvesting, as well as THC and peak potency.

“Robert Clarke’s splendid effort will be widely appreciated . . . Marijuana Botany will be 978-0-914171-78-2, 220 pp • $24.95 constantly consulted by a wide variety of researchers. —Schultes, Harvard Botanical Mu- Cultivator’s Handbook of Marijuana Bill Drake Cultivator’s Handbook of Marijuana has complete information on growing marijuana indoors and out. It is full of fantastic illustrations (over 100) and horticultural knowledge. Drake is a leading authority on marijuana cultivation. His book Cultivator’s Handbook of Marijuana includes information on the marijuana plant, marijuana and soil, working with young plants, marijuana and light, harvesting, drying and and curing, making a good plant better, cultivation of psychoactive tobacco, and cultivation awareness. The best book on the subject. —Whole Earth Catalog 978-0-914171-53-9, 224 pp • $24.95 Marijuana Hydroponics: High-Tech Water Culture Daniel Storm Detailed guide to methods of growing without soil. Marijuana Hydroponics contains equipment lists, diagrams, and a step-by-step account of assembly of a system of nutrient solutions in controlled environ- ments for a high-yield water-culture growing system. Gives information on lighting for growth and bud- ding, mineral nutrients, nutrient flow technique, water culture, atmosphere control, temperature factors, vegetative and reproductive growth, harvesting, using rockwool as a medium, and curing of hydroponic crops. Photos. “This is a compact introduction to the technology of growing marijuana without soil. 118 pp • $18.95 —George Cervantes, Indoor Marjuana Horticulture 978-0-914171-07-2 Growing Marijuana Hydroponically Hans Growing Marijuana Hydroponically shows how to grow marijuana indoors utilizing the Sea of Green Perpetual Harvest process which is the simplest, quickest method. Hans adapted it to a “cottage” approach. The time required to produce perpetual buds is reduced dramatically because the process elimi- nates the need to grow an entire plant. Includes a day-to-day, week-by-week description of the Hans cottage approach in non-technical language. Hydroponic cultivation is especially good for growing medical marijuana because it produces a harvest of organic chemical-free marijuana with sweet-tasting smoke. 112 pp • $14.95 Fully illustrated. Hot item! 978-0-914171-54-6 Growing Extraordinary Marijuana Adam Gottlieb Growing Extraordinary Marijuana is a concise, simple and affordable guide to both ancient and modern methods of cultivating marijuana. The author’s focus is on the traditional techniques used by the ganja farmers of India and Oaxaca, Mexico as well as modern techniques such as hydroponics and genetic al- teration. This underground classic from the 70’s has been rewritten and repackaged with new illustrations.

96 pp • $12.95 978-0-914171-94-2 www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 11 Marijuana Chemistry: Genetics, Processing & Potency Michael Starks $24.95, 204 pp • 978-0-914171-39-3 Describes the psychoactive constituents of cannabis, and the effects on potency of growth conditions, genetics, harvesting techniques, and processing. Includes variations in THC and CBD content, species differentiation, seeds, grafting, cloning, bonsai marijuana, growing techniques, extraction of THC, preparation of hashish and hash oil, smoking vs. eating, testing for THC and CBD, as well as legal concerns. Illustrations.

Dr. Atomic’s Marijuana Multiplier Larry S. Todd $11.95, 96 pp • 978-1-57951-003-9 A concise, readable description of increasing the potency of marijuana. With Larry Todd’s humorous drawings of “Dr. Atomic,” this book is an amusing and helpful guide to hash oil production and the unique process of isomerization. Isomerization converts inactive cannabinoids to THC. Includes information on making hash oil from marijuana or hashish and recipes for cooking medicinal treats with hash oil.Cartoons. Confessions of a Dope Dealer Sheldon Norberg $19.95, 350 pp • 978-1-57951-032-9 An All-American ODDyssey, a deeply intimate portrait into the mysterious and hidden world of drug dealing. Norberg’s life acts as a model for him to analyze how our cultural values and underlying drug use styles create a foundation for misuse of every drug that comes along. A must read for parents and teens and a valuable to young adults, therapists, people seeking interesting spiritual insights, or simply desiring a good read.

Cannabis Alchemy: The Art of Modern Hash Making D. Gold $16.95 128 pp • 978-0-914171-40-9 Cult classic, revised and updated. Alchemist D. Gold reveals the inner world of marijuana and hashish, uncovering secrets and modern techniques to enhance potency. First published in 1974, its previous editions sold 100,000 copies, making this one of the all-time best-sellers of the counterculture.

Cannabis Underground Library Seven Rare Classics Adam Gottlieb, Mary Jane Superweed & C.E. Farber Seven rare classics back in print and bound into a single book! Includes Dr. Atomic’s Marijuana Multi- plier, Marijuana Consumer’s and Dealer’s guide, Pot Book, Super Grass Grower’s Guide, Ancient and Modern Methods of Growing Extraordinary Marijuana, Supermother’s Cooking with Grass, Guide to Growing Cannabis Under Flourescents. Some of the classics have been expanded, updated and released as separate books, available elsewhere in this catalog. 155 pp • $17.95 978-0-914171-

12 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Psychedelics Encyclopedia Peter Stafford, Introduction by Dan Joy, Foreword by Andrew Weil, MD Fascinating historical reference on psychedelics—from the LSD-25 of the ’60s to the designer drugs of today. Draws from scientific research, personal accounts, and popular literature to document the properties attributed to psychedelic substances, their preparation and use, and the shifting social attitudes toward them over the past half-century. A remarkable sourcebook for anyone interested in the psychological, biological, physiologi- cal, and cultural aspects of psychedelics.. History, botany, pharmacology, physical effects, mental effects, forms, and sources for: The LSD Family; Marijuana & Relatives; Peyote, Mescaline & San Pedro; Psychoactive Mushrooms; The MDA Cluster; Yage & Harmaline; Ibogaine; Short Acting Tryptamines (DMT, DET, DPT); Nootropics; Other Psychoactive Substances. Bibliography, Index, Illustrations.

512 pp • $38.95 978-0-914171-51-5

Psychedelics Peter Stafford Psychedelics provides a framework for understanding the enormous amount of information available on psychoactive substances. Leading psychedelic writer Peter Stafford relays the history, botany, chemistry, physical and mental effects, forms, sources, and preparations of LSD—the most potent and representative of class of drugs called psychedelics. Stafford claims that psychedelics offer surprising benefits to society and he explores the record of promising studies that were truncated in the 1960s, along with a commentary of developments since that time.

$14.95 144 pp 978-0-914171-18-8

Cocaine Handbook; An Essential Reference David Lee RARE - Limited quanty Not eligible for any promo. Extremely rare hard-to-find best book ever published on illicit cocaine. Dozens of color photos showing every step of testing and purifying process. Tables, Charts, adulterants, freebase, alkaloids. Used as a manual by prosecutors. A must for researchers, lw enforce- ment and connoisseurs. 978-0-915904-56-3, 210 pp • $100

Cocaine Consumer’s Pleasures of Cocaine Handbook Adam Gottlieb, Illustrated by Larry David Lee, Photographs by Todd Linda Kesner Conveys the impartial facts of the uses Know what you’re putting into and abuses of cocaine. History, effects, your nose!! Useful informa- uses, pleasures, dangers • How to get tion for cocaine consumers. pleasure from cocaine without suffer- Includes simple clorox test and ing abusive side effects • Determining melting point test, with charts. quality and improving appearance • What 8 pages of color photographs substances are used to cut coke and their show the results of the clorox test and the appearance of effects • An inside look at buying and dealing • Cultivation of

64 pp • $20 - 978-0-915904-14-3- Rare cocain and common adulterants under a microscope. How coca plant. Illustrations. 147 pp • $16.95 to identify the effects and reactions of common adulterants. 978-0-914171-81-2 Rare book - limited quantites. www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 13 The Little Book of Acid Cam Cloud Explores psychedelic experience and its effects, including creativity, psychotherapy, and spiritual insight. Reveals the acid underground trafficking and how acid is packaged and distributed. De- scribes varieties of acid from blotter to windowpane. Acid trips both good and bad and how acid effects people’s lives. Discusses natural sources of acid-like chemical found in Morning Glory and Baby Hawaiian Woodrose Seeds and how they are extracted for tripping.

96 pp • $12.95 978-0-914171-88-1

Acid Trips and Chemistry Cam Cloud Acid is believed to be a powerful tool for personal growth and development. Acid Trips and Chemistry documents the effects acid has on the mind and body, giving tales of experiences of what an acid trip can be like. It describes acid’s chemistry, including formulas. Discusses the discovery of LSD, its effects on creativity, the spiritual nature of tripping, laws regarding acid, the causes of a bad trip, and the process of

160 pp • $16.95 978-1-57951-011-4

Heavenly Highs Peter Stafford Introduces the reader to world of enthobotanicals—plants that release the god within—used by Shaman and psychedelic explorers. Includes DMT found in psychedelic snuff, ayahuasca—a bitter beverage that triggers visionary experiences with plant gods, Ibogain—a yellow root ingested by indigenous people for visionary experiences, and Belladona, Yohimbe and Kava-Kava.

1-57951-068-8, 144 pp • $12.95

Legal Highs An Encyclopedia of Legal Herbs and Chemicals with Psychoactive Properties Adam Gottlieb A concise encyclopedia of legal herbs and chemicals that possess psychoactive properties. Many of these potent substances are relatively unknown to the public and the legislatures. Legal Highs includes information on how they can be obtained and used, and their effects. This hard to obtain cult classic is once again available. Illustrated. 80 pp • $12.95 978-0-914171-46-1

Psychedelic Underground Library 190 pp • $24.95 Nine Rare Classics 978-0-914171-66-9 Adam Gottlieb & Mary Jane Superweed, Preface by Dan Joy Now back in print and bound into a single book! Unabridged, nine rare classics from Gottlieb and Su- preweed: The Book of Acid, Peyote and other Psychoactive Cacti, Psilocybin Producer’s Guide, Drug Manufacturing for Fun and Profit, Herbal Aphrodisiacs, Herbal Highs, Home Grown Highs, Cocaine Tester’s Handbook, and Freebase Cocaine. Illustrated. Some of the classics have been expanded, updated and released as separate books, available elsewhere in this catalog. 14 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Opium Poppy Garden 96 pp • $14.95 The Way of a Chinese Grower 978-0-914171-67-6 William Griffith A guide to cultivating and harvesting this beautiful plant. The poppy is one of the most potent flowers in the herbal pharmacopoeia and has been used to alleviate discomfort for millennia. This book combines literary and instructional writing with technical information on cultivation and pharmacology to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the exotic opium poppy. Illus- trated.

The Little Book of Opium Francis Moraes, PhD Opium has been used as drug, both medicinal and recreational, longer than any other substance—over 7000 years. Today opium and its derivatives are the most controlled drugs. Little Book of Opium discusses opium pharmacology and how it acts upon the body and explains how heroin is derived and how metha- done works. Information in this book aids in harm reduction for people using opium and helps people understand medical uses of opium and morphine. Illustrated. 96 pp • $12.95 978-1-57951-018-3

The Little Book of Heroin Francis Moraes, PhD A straight forward look at heroin and who junkies really are. It covers history and evolution from opium to morphine to heroin; how heroin is procured on the “street” and how it is chemically purified; ways heroin is used and diseases junkies get; methods of detox and the real danger of “sudden death”—and much more. Replaces myth with solid information useful to users, their families and helping professionals. Illustrated.

96 pp • $12.95 978-0-914171-98-0

The Little Book of Ketamine 96 pp • $12.95 Kit Kelly, Foreword by James Kent 978-0-914171-97-3 Ketamine causes bizarre experiences unlike any other psychedelic drug. History from its discovery to use at raves. Extraordinary stories of ketamine’s effects while being mindful of what is myth and what is reality. Tells of ketamine’s dangers and how to minimize them. Information about John Lilly, MD—the most famous K user— and DM Turner—considered to be a shaman—who died on ketamine. For the lay-reader. Information from Dr. Karl Jansen, the foremost researcher of ketamine, on how K may produce out-of- body and near-death experiences. Illustrated.

Ecstasy: The MDMA Story Bruce Eisner, Foreword by Stanley Krippner, PhD, Introduction by Peter Stafford Chronicles MDMA, including the flip-flops in its legal status, psychological effects, erotic implications, methods of use, possible future, health risks, chemical structure and analogues, and a detailed description of the chemical synthesis of MDMA by renowned pharmacologist Dr. Alexander T. Shulgin. Includes updates on the opening of government-sanctioned MDMA research in the USA, the latest information on health risks, and the “rave” scene in England and the USA. Appendices, Bibliography, illustrations.

978-0-914171-68-3 , 190 pp • $17.95

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 15 Shrooms & Psilocybin Mushroom Wisdom: Cultivating Spiritual Consciousness Martin Bell, Ph.D. $14.95, 192 pp, 978-1-57951-036-7 Examines the mystical and shamanic aspects of psilocybin mushrooms from philosophical and experiential perspectives. Unlike traditional and indigenous uses of psilocybin mushrooms, this brings universal and culturally-transcendent aspects of mushroom-based spirituality to light with practical approaches and methodologies accessible to all spiritual seekers. Growing Wild Mushrooms Cultivating Edible & Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Bob Harris $12.95, 96 pp, 1-57951-066-3 Complete beginner’s guide. Step-by-step instructions, with drawings and photographs—16 in full color—to introduce the reader to the full range of growing methods, from sterile culture procedures to indoor bottle gardens to indoor/outdoor compost gardens. Includes how to produce small quantities of precisely-mixed compsts indoors and the taxonomy of selected psiocyby-containng mushrooms. Peyote & Other Psychoactive Cacti Adam Gottlieb $12.95, 96 pp, 978-0-914171-95-9 Cultivating Peyote and other psychoactive cacti, extracting active properties, obtaining seeds, cloning and grafting, and extracting maximum output of mescaline and other alkaloids, and legal aspects by attorney Richard Glen Boire. Growing the Hallucinogens How to Cultivate and Harvest Psychoactive Plants Adam Gottlieb $12.95 90 pp, 978-0-914171-56-0 Techniques for cultivation and harvesting hallucinogenic and psychoactive plants. Written in careful detail by an expert horticulturist. Glossary

Psilocybin Production Adam Gottlieb $12.95, 96 pp ,978-0-914171-92-8 Most concise, readable book on producing psilocybin, the active component of magic mushrooms. Describes producing psilocybin in a small room and obtaining the maximum possible output. Complete descriptions are given of the process of locating the mushrooms; developing stock cultures for inoculation; cultivating, harvesting, and drying the mycelium; extracting the active alkaloids; and using the existing cultures to seed new cultures to keep an ongoing Hallucinogenic and Poisonous Mushroom Field Guide Gary Menser $15.95, 146 pp,978-0-914171-89-8 A reliable reference that shows readers how to identify, collect, and dry wild mushroom samples. Detailed, to-scale line drawings accompany concise descriptions of the habitat of each species, along with information on its fruiting cycle and geographical range. The chemical qualities of both poisonous and psychoactive fungi are clearly explained. Illustrations • How to collect, identify, and dry samples

16 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Drugs & Antiquity Gynomorphs: Goddesses with Peniuses David Hillman, PhD $14.95, 192 pp, 978-1-57951-171-5 Mythic roots of Western European spirituality. By joining cults, called Mysteri “She-Males, Sodomy and Snake Venom” reveals the stunning practices of sexually centered cults that formed the foundation of ancient religion and civilization. This book exposes the intricate power structure of Greco-Roman priestly colleges, their heavy reliance upon drugs, and their fascination with extreme orgiastic activities deemed

Original Sin: Ritual Child Rape & the Church David Hillman, PhD, $14.95, 160 pp , 978-1-57951-144-9 Describes how Church fathers ritually sodomized young boys, with the purpose of driving out the Devil to “save” their souls. How Church policies were created that institutionalized these abhor- rent practices while systematically undermining and dismantling classical beliefs in science and reason as well as respect for women, to create a male-dominated anti-intellectual power structure in which pedophilia became viewed as a “holy” ritual.

Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: The Secrets of Eleusis Carl A. P. Ruck $14.95, 192 pp,978-1-57951-030-5 Delves into the mythic roots of Western European spirituality. By joining cults, called Myster- ies, the ancients were afforded an experience of personal communication with deity, involving secrets of actions and meanings that were hidden. Divulging these secrets was prohibited, under penalty of death. The Mysteries all involved a sacramental Eucharist—a sacred drink contain- ing psychoactive chemicals derived from a mushroom parasite that grows on the ergot rye.

Entheogens, Myth & Human Consciousness Carl Ruck, PhD & Mark Hoffman $16.95, 180 pp. 978-1-57951-141-8 Explains why so many mythologies and religions tell similar storiesand how those tales of psychoactive sacraments are part of common cultural references, from the head of the Medusa to the Norse gods’ powers to Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Magic Mushrooms Peter Stafford $14.95, 144 pp, 978-0-914171-19-5 Describes the dramatic effects experienced when consuming psychoactive mushrooms. Over 100 “entheogenic” fungi are known to stimulate ecstatic states in curious seekers. Psychedelic writer, Stafford recounts the history of magic mushrooms, also called “sacred” mushrooms, and describes how these extraordinary mind-changers are psychically relaxing and focusing, catalyst to creative breakthroughs.

www.roninpub.com • CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE CATALOG • [email protected] 17 fringe Robert Anton Wilson Illuminati Papers Robert Anton Wilson In the Illuminati Papers, Wilson speaks through characters from his novels and other realities to present his views on our future way of life. Includes: the HEAD Revolution, Secrets of Evolution, How to Eliminate Stupidity, Illuminati Interoffice Memos, the Position Papers of Hagbard Celine, Economic Liberation, and the usual gang of lunatics, mystics and charlatans clamoring for a new social order. 150 pp • $14.95 978-1-57951-002-2

Right Where You Are Sitting Now Further Tales Of The Illuminati Robert Anton Wilson Fascinating collection of mind-bending ideas. Wilson examines the jumping Jesus phenomenon, talks with Buckminster Fuller, finds a “maybe” in the universe, eyeballs Carl Sagan, asks whether God is a dope (or just plain clumsy), explores the neurogeography of conspiracy, exposes his own credo, and tells you how to have fun with your own head, right where you are sitting now. 208 pp • $14.95 978-0-914171-45-4

Ghost Hunting: How to Investigate the Paranormal 192 pp • $12.95 Loyd Auerbach — “Dr. Paranormal” 978-1-57951-072-5 Have you had a close encounter with a ghost? Is your home haunted? Learn how to befriend your ghost and other tricks of the Ghost Hunter’s trade. Tells the difference between normal, paranormal— and the just plain wierd. Based on real life cases of one of the most respected paranormal investigators on planet Earth.

192 pp • $12.95 978-1-57951-067-1 Hauntings & Poltergeist: A Ghost Hunter’s Guide Loyd Auerbach — “Dr. Paranormal” Provides a background for ghost hunters through a discussion of the paranormal. Includes ESP and psycho-kinesis (mind over matter) along with reported experiences of life after death. To understand hauntings and poltergeists, ghost hunters must understand what it means to be psychic and how such ablities manifest themselves.

Tales of Tongue Fu Unidentified flying objects Crop Circles by Paul Krassner, Intro Carolyn North have been by David Jay Brown, 96 pp • $8.95 Illustrations by Tina Rob- reported by 978-1-57951-019-0 bins & Pete von Sholly thousands of Circles are appearing by the hundreds all Imagine having a 15-foot UFOs credible witnesses over the world each year. No one has ever tongue—the erotic pos- Virginia Bennett from jet pilots 144 pp • $12.95 been seen making them. Could hoaxster sibilities are endless. to ranchers to a

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18 RONIN BOOKS FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS • BOX 3008 • OAKLAND, CA 94609 • ORDERS 800/858-2665 Discordia: Hail Eris Goddess of Chaos & Confusion Malaclypse the Younger Omar K. Ravenhurst $14.00, 192 pg. 978-1-57951-029-9 Hilarious parody of religion that reveres Eris the goddess of chaos and confusion, complete with ponderous hierarchy of pretentious titles to confuse, awe and madden. Meet the Polyfather. Learn how to set up a cabal. Learn the danagers of Grayface and how to use the Turkey Ritual to protect youself. There are no rules anywhere. The goddess prevails. So be it. Hail Eris!

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Ritual in the Dark is the story of Gerard Sorme, who later appeared in Sex Diary of Ritual in the Dark a Metaphysician and God of the Labyrinth. Sorme lives a borderline existence in cheap Colin Wilson flats, eating at workman’s cafés, as he moves into the murky world of sex murders and 416 pp • $14.95 the dichotomy between dreams and reality. This Wilson classic helped launch his career 978-0-914171-63-8 as the foremost of England’s “Angry Young Men” of the 1950s.

Wandering of Wanderings of a Spiritualist is a personal account of the journeys of Conan- a Spiritualist Doyle in support of Spiritualism. This rare out of print book is in limited quanties. Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle Conan-Doyle’s Spiritualist writings were never widely published, even though he is 299 pp • $16.95 one of the most popular writers of all time, having authored the wildly popular Sher- 978-0-914171-23-2 lock Holmes series.

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