Chapter X Dream Wars Summary and Analysis

The Merry Pranksters return to California by the northern route. Sandy had taken DMT, a very strong hallucinogen, while at the Millbrook estate, and the effects come back now and then. The flashback hallucinations are very disturbing.

While on the bus, people feel the intersubjectivity of having one mind. While off the bus psychically, the intersubjectivity is broken. Kesey tries to keep this from happening, and Sandy is having a very hard time keeping on the bus. Kesey sets up ways that the Merry Pranksters can keep Sandy psychically connected, but Sandy's paranoia thwarts the efforts. He engages in dream wars with Kesey, and finally Sandy loses his control, makes a scene, and the police cart him off to jail. Chris, Sandy's brother, comes from New York to take him back East for treatment.

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