This is a brief excerpt from a 400+ page book. In the previous pages they'd figured out that LSD was capable of putting people in a state of mind where they were open to new possibilities. They were looking for a venue to blow the minds of a bigger circle of people in.

What Wolfe refers to as "the pudding" was the groupthink that kicks in when people are moving forward together in a good frame of mind.

Seems like the guy that's trying to make sure the bills get paid always looks like a party pooper to the guests.

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