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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. 0-914171-77-1, 292 pp • $34.95 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. Hardcover Keepsake Edition $20.00 0-914171-84-4 , 144 pp • $12.95 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.