Green’s Dictionary of Slang

guru n.

[Hind. guru, a holy man]

1. (drugs) a guide or caretaker during a hallucinogenic experience. Such a person is either not taking the drug or is veteran user.

[US]R.R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z (1970).
[US] in AS LVII:4 289: A guide does not use drugs during parties but serves as a controller, known variously as groundman, babysitter, tour guide, co-pilot, ground control, guru, travel agent, or just sitter.

2. (US campus) an expert.

[US]Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 4: guru – an expert: My man is a bowling guru.
C. Crampton Body Made of Glass 76: [P]robiotic supplements, recipe books offering ‘good mood food’ and dubious ‘gut health’ gurus already thriving.