For example, if you had a new idea in science, science will not publish this new idea, without you providing sensory lab data, so others in science don't have to use their power of belief, since most lack this skill. One has to dumb down the so anyone can see it using only the sensory systems. When science runs experiments to reproduce a result, it is because they lack faith, and need to see it for themselves.
Faith in the unknown, divides such people from those who have no future sight. This division and separation with others motivates these people to alter reality so others can see. The prophet is not much different from the innovator, who first saw the computer, years before it was tangible. He tried to explain his vision but the sightless are blind. So he figures out ways to make it manifest, so they can see it using the ways of the animals. When it did appear it may spook them so he may need to use religious technique of the mind, to appease their unconscious fears; fear of novelty.
In my study and experience, religion is the analogous to the IT or information technology of the human mind. An IT professional my uses code to write the operating system and software of a computer. The various religions do this for the neural computer called the brain. They learn to tap into new areas of the brain. Some Eastern religions can use code to stop the heart. This is a type of stunt designed for those without faith so they can see what is possible. Command lines in religions are called prayers.