Ronin Publishing

Ronin Publishing, Inc. is a small press in Berkeley, California, founded in 1983 and incorporated in 1985, which publishes books as tools for personal development, visionary alternatives, and expanded consciousness. The company's tagline is "Life Skills with Attitude!" In a 1996 Publishers Weekley profile, the company describes itself as a "strong player in the hemp and psychedelia market" that has little competition from major publishers.[2]

For the role-playing game book publisher, see Green Ronin Publishing
Ronin Publishing
PredecessorAnd/Or Press[1]
Founded1983
FounderSebastian Orfali and Beverly Potter[1]
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBerkeley, California
DistributionPublishers Group West
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsPersonal development, Visionary alternatives, Expanded consciousness
ImprintsLeary Library
Lilly Library
Official websitehttp://www.roninpub.com

Ronin's catalog includes the Leary Library,[3][4] The Lilly Library, The Fringe Series,[5] The Entheo-Spirituality Series, and various books on psychedelia.

The company has been subpoenaed by the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide names and addresses for people having purchased their books on marijuana horticulture.[6][7][8] A number of their books are reprints of out-of-print works from the 1960s and 1970s — including a number of titles published by Ronin's predecessor, And/Or Press[9] — on the psychedelic experience and related subjects.

In 2006, Ronin republished the 1963 Discordian religious text Principia Discordia with altered text, altered images, and a new name, so Ronin could copyright the work. This action offended many fans of the original work,[10] whose authors, Greg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger) and Kerry Thornley, had died several years previously. Malaclypse the Younger, et el purposefully put their book, Principle Discordia into the public domain outside of copyright. Beverly Potter then created a derivative of the work, as she did with eleven Timothy Leary and three John Lilly works.

Titles published

Timothy Leary Library
(original date of publication; Ronin edition)
  • Start Your Own Religion (1967; 2004)
  • High Priest (1968; 1995)
  • The Politics of Ecstasy (1968; 1998)
  • Psychedelic Prayers (1972; 1997)
  • Chaos & CyberCulture (1994)[11] — Leary's last published work before his death[12]
  • Turn On Tune In Drop Out (1999) ISBN 1579510094
  • Change Your Brain (2000)
  • Politics of Self-Determination (2000)
  • Your Brain is God (2001)
  • Politics of PsychoPharmacology (2001)
  • Musings on Human Metamorphoses (2003) ISBN 1579510582
  • Evolutionary Agents (2004)
  • The Fugitive Philosopher (2007)

Other titles (selected)
  • Mary Baker, Citizen Ninja (2016) ISBN 9781579511913
  • Richard Boire, JD. Marijana Law (1995) ISBN 9780914171867
  • Richard Boire, JD. Sacred Mushrooms & the Law ISBN 9781579510619
  • Ernest Callenbach, Living Cheaply With Style: Live Better and Spend Less (1993) ISBN 0-914171-61-5
  • William L. Conwill, PhD, Training Black Spirit (2116) ISBN 9781579512224
  • Bruce Eisner, Ecstasy: The MDMA Story (1989, 1994 revised ed) ISBN 0-914171-68-2
  • Mark James Estren, A History of Underground Comics (1993) ISBN 091417164X — one of the few reference works on underground comix
  • Mark James Estren, A History of Underground Comics, 20th Anniversary Edition (2012) ISBN 978-157951156-2 — includes some updates and some all-new material
  • Mark James Estren, PhD., Prescription Drug Abuse (2013) ISBN 9781579511685
  • Stephen Gaskin, Amazing Dope Tales (1999) ISBN 1579510108
  • Original authors, Greg Hill and Kerry Wendell Thornley (not their title), Discordia: Hail the Goddess of Chaos and Confusion (2006) ISBN 1-57951-029-9
  • Mike Marinacci, California Jesus 9781579512309 (2107)
  • Francis Moraes, The Little Book of Opium (2003) ISBN 0914171836
  • Beverly A. Potter and Sebastian Orfali. Brain Boosters: Foods & Drugs That Make You Smarter (July 1993) ISBN 0-914171-65-8, ISBN 978-0-914171-65-2
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Overcoming Job Burnout (1980) ISBN 978-1579510749
  • Beverly A. Potter and Sebastian Orfali, Drug Testing at Work, (1995) ISBN 9781579510077
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Pass the Test (2000) ISBN 9781579510084
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Managing Yourself for Excellence, (2009) ISBN 978-1579510893
  • Beverly A. Potter, Ph.D. and Mark J. Estren, Ph.D., Question Authority to Think for Yourself (2012) ISBN 978-1579511623
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Cannabis for Seniors (2017) ISBN 9781579512422
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Heal Yourself: How to Harness Pleccbo Power (2113) ISBN 9781579511739
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Animal House of Acid: A Memoir (2015) ISBN 9781579511937
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, The Worrywart's Companion (1996) ISBN 978-1579511753
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD. From Conflict to Cooperation (1994) ISBN 9780914171799
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, The Way of the Ronin (1985) ISBN 9781579510510
  • Beverly A. Potter, PhD, Patriot's Handbook (2010) ISBN 978-1579511081
  • Carl A. P. Ruck, PhD Sacred Mushrooms & the Goddess (2011) ISBN 9781579510305
  • Carl A. P. Ruck, PhD Entheogens, Myth & Human Consciousness (2013) ISBN 9781579511418
  • David Hillman, PhD Gynomorphs: Goddesses with Peninses (2012) ISBN 9781579511715
  • David Hillman, PhD Original Sin: Ritual Child Rape & the Church (2013) ISBN 9781579511449
  • Alexander Shulgin, Controlled Substances: Chemical & Legal Guide to Federal Drug Laws (1988) ISBN 0-914171-50-X.
  • Peter Stafford, Psychedelics (2003) ISBN 0-914171-18-6
  • Larry Todd, Dr. Atomic's Marijuana Multiplier (1998 reissue of 1974 title) ISBN 1579510035
  • David Wallechinsky, Michael Sheldin and Saunie Salyer, Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide (1993 reprint of earlier work)
  • Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers (1980)

References
  1. Stafford, Peter. Psychedelics (Ronin Publishing, May 1, 2009), p. 182.
  2. "The next generation." Publishers Weekly 18 Nov. 1996: 36. Literature Resource Center. Web. 29 Sep. 2012.
  3. Laura Mansnerus (November 26, 1995). "Conversations/Timothy Leary;At Death's Door, the Message Is Tune In, Turn On, Drop In - New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  4. Farmanfarmaian, Roxane. "For publishers, Leary lives on." Publishers Weekly 5 May 1997: 26. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 Sep. 2012.
  5. "Beyond the Fringe." Publishers Weekly 14 Aug. 2000: 285. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 Sep. 2012.
  6. "Marijuana Book Buyers Sought". Lodi News-Sentinel. Oct 29, 1997. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  7. "Feds Waiting for Marijuana Book Info". The Sunday Courier. Phoenix, United States. Nov 11, 1997. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  8. "DEA Subpoenas Out of Line (editorial)". Seattle Post-Intelligencer  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 31 October 1997. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  9. "Obituary – Sebastian Orfali," SFGate (November 6, 1997).
  10. Hogan, Ron (2006-11-06). "Free Radical Book Now Under Copyright - GalleyCat". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  11. Yoshitake, Dawn (3 June 1996). "Leary Leaves Technical Legacy". Daily News  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  12. "Timothy Leary, Pied Piper Of Psychedelic 60's, Dies at 75". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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