History Main / JunkieProphet

* Interesting version in ''Series/{{Misfits}}''; Curtis normally has MentalTimeTravel abilities which only work [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong backwards]], but a power-reversing FantasticDrug gives him a vision of the future.

* Colonial oracles in ''BattlestarGalactica''.
* Interesting version in ''{{Misfits}}''; Curtis normally has MentalTimeTravel abilities which only work [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong backwards]], but a power-reversing FantasticDrug gives him a vision of the future.

* Half the shamans and magicians in the NorthlandTrilogy are on ''serious'' hallucinogens.

* ''ScotlandPA'' (a [[SettingUpdate modernized adaptation]] of ''{{Macbeth}}'') had the three witches portrayed as stoned bohemians.

* Interesting version in ''{{Misfits}}''; Curtis normally has MentalTimeTravel abilities which only work [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong backwards]], but a power-reversing FantasticDrug gives him a vision of the future.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Dr. Timothy Leary]] is a Real Life example from the Hippie Era. He coined the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" and was a major promoter of the spiritual use of LSD. His advocates included many 60s/70s counterculture icons, including TheBeatles.

* The spacemen from ''{{Comicbook/Miracleman}}''

* ''[=~Scotland, PA~=]'' (a [[SettingUpdate modernized adaptation]] of ''{{Macbeth}}'') had the three witches portrayed as stoned bohemians.

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* [[spoiler:The Wizard, as a means of controlling him,]] in the sci-fi channel miniseries ''Series/TinMan''.

* [[spoiler:The Wizard]] in the sci-fi channel miniseries ''Series/TinMan''.

SubTrope of SuperSerum, may overlap with FaintingSeer or ArtisticStimulation. The consequence of seeing the MushroomSamba as SeriousBusiness. Long term abuse may turn you into a MadOracle.

SubTrope of SuperSerum, may overlap with FaintingSeer or ArtisticStimulation. The consequence of seeing the MushroomSamba as SeriousBusiness. Long term abuse may result in MadOracle.

** Also exists in the backstory-- many Precogs are the children of drug addicts, their powers arrising from their parents' experiments with new strains of narcotics at the time of conception/during pregnancy.

** Also subverted, since many Precogs are the children of drug addicts, their powers arrising from their parents' experiments with new strains of narcotics at the time of conception/during pregnancy.

* The ancient, Vedic ("Indo-Aryan") inhabitants of India used "soma' to feel at one with the universe and induce some fairly wacky visions, if the poems they left behind are any indication. (Note that nobody knows from which plant, or what else, soma comes from. However you know now where [[BraveNewWorld Aldous Huxley]] got an inspiration from.)

** Also subverted, since many Precogs are the children of drug addicts, their powers arrising from their parents experiments with new strains of narcotics at the time of conception/during pregnancy.

* Meatwad, from ''AquaTeenHungerForce'', begins to give out predictions in a Godly monotone, like Frylock exploding (from his point of view - it really was someone leaving a grenade on their porch after Frylock opened the door, which only irritated Frylock). Turns out, he got visions from eating glue.

The use of drugs, hallucinogens or other trance-inducing behaviour to invoke DreamingOfThingsToCome. TruthInTelevision - its use, if not its effectiveness, as many people past and present have associated hallucinations with spiritual experiences.

* Isaac Mendes in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

* In the Western ''Hallelujah Trail'', Donald Pleasence plays "Oracle" (of course), who's able to prophesy with the help of a taste of booze. The catch is that liquor is in short supply in his small town, and he's prophesying about the arrival of a shipment -- and how they need to make sure the Indians don't steal it or the temperance workers destroy it. Notably, every time he takes a drink, a heavenly chorus is heard just before he speaks.

* Tribal shamans often used various mushrooms, opiates and other chemicals to induce highs for various rituals.

* In ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinker]]'' Roland takes mescaline before seeing the "speaking demon".

* In ''[[TheDarkTower]] The Gunslinker'' Roland takes mescaline before seeing the "speaking demon".

* In the first ''[[TheDarkTower]]'' book Roland takes mescaline before seeing the "speaking demon".

** Very likely based on the real life Oracle of Delphi. There's strong evidence to suggest that volcanic gases filtered into the cave where she made her 'predictions'. In fact, she spoke total nonsense and had to be 'interpreted' by other people.
*** For examples: Pythia: "If Croesus attacks the Persians, he will destroy a great empire!" Croesus' reaction: "''Which'' f**king empire?! Theirs or mine? That was the f**cking question!" would've been understandable; however, he took it for granted it would be ''theirs''. (Hint: It wasn't.) Or: Pythia: "Divine Salamis, you will bring death to women's sons when the corn is scattered and the harvest gathered in!" Greece, collectively: "What the Zeus did she just say?"
*** Tribal shamans often used various mushrooms, opiates and other chemicals to induce highs for various rituals.
*** The ancient, Vedic ("Indo-Aryan") inhabitants of India used "soma' to feel at one with the universe and induce some fairly wacky visions, if the poems they left behind are any indication. (Note that nobody knows from which plant, or what else, soma comes from. However you know now where [[BraveNewWorld Aldous Huxley]] got an inspiration from.)
*** There's a theory that Aztec mythology was full of feathered snakes and corn- or snake-headed deities and heart-ripping directly because of the amounts of mescaline and mushrooms (of the magic variety) their priests were using to induce visions. The heart-ripping probably caused by a horror trip.