History Main / JunkieProphet

* Meatwad, from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', begins to give out predictions in a Godly monotone, like Frylock exploding (from his point of view - it was actually just a dog exploding [[NoodleIncident (again)]] on their porch after Frylock opened the door, which only irritated Frylock). Turns out, he got visions from eating glue.

* Meatwad, from ''WesternAnimation/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.

* Mama Murphy of ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'' is a psyker can gain prophetic visions through the use of chems. By feeding her habit, she can give the protagonist certain hints about the main plot, even giving them information that would let them bypass certain quests and obstacles. Too many chems, however, will kill her.

* Mama Murphy of ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'' is a psyker can gain prophetic visions through the use of chems. By feeding her habit, she can give the protagonist certain hints about the main plot, even giving them information that would let them bypass certain quests and obstacles.

* Witkacy in Literature/DoraWilkSeries. He's been experimenting with drugs since he was teenager, causing quite a lot of problems for him. When he was forty, he found out that he's a shaman and as such he can see and interact with spirits, only in Doraverse, shamans must drug themselves in order to access this abilities. They do this instinctively, thus explaining Witkacy's problems.

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

* The Precogs or "Oracles" of ''MinorityReport'' only have premonitions while sleeping, so they kept on heavy doses of drugs so that they're in a perpetual sleepy trance.

* Colonial oracles in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' use a drug called chamalla, when President Laura Roslin starts taking it to treat her cancer she interprets her hallucinations as visions from the gods.

* PhilipKDick went through some pretty strange epiphanies after a heroic dosage of sodium pentothal. See [[http://www.philipkdickfans.com/weirdo/weirdo1.htm The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick]] (illustrated by Robert Crumb for a CrowningMomentOfAwesome).

* The Doctor of ''TheAuthority'' might qualify. Not sure if the drugs enhanced his powers or if he was just a particularly powerful junkie, though...

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

* AleisterCrowley was by all reasonable measurements, a complete heroin/cocaine junkie. He did, however, found a religion, Thelema, and promote it. There are still Thelemites around today, too.

* Colonial oracles in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''.

* Chef Bushey from ''Under the Dome'' becomes a junkie prophet while suffering a meth seizure, and the town's third selectwoman does the same while coming off of Oxycontin. Granted, Chef's prophecy is [[spoiler: self-fulfilling]]...

* Seers in the ''Literature/{{Branion}}'' series do this a lot, making half-poisonous potions with deadly fantasy plants. The sovereign takes one at his coronation ceremony. One Seer becomes addicted, taking the potions for medical purposes after coming down with a disease.

* The Oracle in ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]''
* Johnny Depp's character in the film version of ''FromHell'' has opium-induced psychic visions.

* ''ScotlandPA'' (a [[SettingUpdate modernized adaptation]] of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'') had the three witches portrayed as stoned bohemians.
* Creator/DakotaFanning in ''{{Push}}'' uses alcohol to increase her abilities as a Watcher. The catch? She's 12.
* In the Western ''TheHallelujahTrail'', 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.

* ''{{Dragnet}}'' had an episode called, you guessed it, 'The Prophet', which featured an LSD user and his 'Temple of the Expanded Mind'.

* DakotaFanning in ''{{Push}}'' uses alcohol to increase her abilities as a Watcher. The catch? She's 12.

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

* The [[SpiceOfLife Spice]] in ''{{Dune}}'' induces psychic ability, [[GreenRocks among other things]].

* In ''[[TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]]'' Roland takes mescaline before seeing the "speaking demon".
* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' the warlocks of the Undying of Qarth drink an intoxicating concoction known as "shade of the evening" to the extent that it stains their skin blue. It's unclear whether they believe this to grant them their powers, or whether it's simply a ritual act.
* Half the shamans and magicians in the NorthlandSeries are on ''serious'' hallucinogens.
* Seers in the {{Branion}} series do this a lot, making half-poisonous potions with deadly fantasy plants. The sovereign takes one at his coronation ceremony. One Seer becomes addicted, taking the potions for medical purposes after coming down with a disease.

* [[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.