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The use of drugs, hallucinogens or other trance-inducing behaviour to invoke [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]. [[Truth in Television]] - its use, if not its effectiveness - as many people past and present have associated hallucinations with [[Religion Is Magic|spiritual experiences]].
 
[[Sub -Trope]] of [[Super Serum]], may overlap with [[Fainting Seer]] or [[Artistic Stimulation]]. The consequence of seeing the [[Mushroom Samba]] as [[Serious Business]]. Long term [[Drugs Are Bad|abuse]] may turn you into a [[Mad Oracle]].
 
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* [[Aleister Crowley]] 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.
* [[Philip K Dick]] 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 [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]).
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary: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 [[The Beatles]].
 
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