Smacks of a serious amount of modern pot-smoking if you ask me.
Article reminds me of a scene from "Robin Hood: Men in tights":
[Blinkin, a blind man, is manning a lookout post]
Robin Hood: Blinkin, what are you doing up there?
Blinkin: Guessing!
EDIT: Of course, my main theory is that the so-called prophets were actually just insane.
"Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground, Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they make a club and beat their brother down. How they survive, so misguided, is a mystery. Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here" - Tool