Ronin Publishing, Inc. is a

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in Berkeley,

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, 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 ''

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'' profile, the company describes itself as a "strong player in the

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and

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market" that has little competition from major publishers. Ronin's catalog includes the Leary Library, The Lilly Library, The

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Series, The Entheo-Spirituality Series, and various books on

. The company has been subpoenaed by the

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to provide names and addresses for people having purchased their books on marijuana horticulture. 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"Obituary – Sebastian Orfali,"
SFGate (November 6, 1997). — on the psychedelic experience and related subjects. In 2006, Ronin republished the 1963 Discordian

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'' with altered text, altered images, and a new name, so Ronin could copyright the work. This action offended many fans of the original work, 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

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and three John C. Lilly works.

Titles published

Timothy Leary Library

: ''(original date of publication; Ronin edition)'' * ''Start Your Own Religion'' (1967; 2004) * ''

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'' (1968; 1995) * ''The Politics of Ecstasy'' (1968; 1998) * ''Psychedelic Prayers'' (1972; 1997) * ''Chaos & CyberCulture'' (1994) — Leary's last published work before his death * ''Turn On Tune In Drop Out'' (1999) * ''Change Your Brain'' (2000) * ''Politics of Self-Determination'' (2000) * ''Your Brain is God'' (2001) * ''Politics of PsychoPharmacology'' (2001) * ''Musings on Human Metamorphoses'' (2003) * ''Evolutionary Agents'' (2004) * ''The Fugitive Philosopher'' (2007)

Other titles (selected)

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References

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* {{Authority control Book publishing companies based in Berkeley, California Publishing companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in California Small press publishing companies