.... to separate the soul as far as possible from the body & accustom it to gather itself & collect itself out of every part of the body & to dwell by itself as far as it can both now & in the future, freed, as it were, from the bonds of the body. (Phaedo, 67d)
( To Plato's beloved Socrates) : charm away the fears of my inner child .... the fear, that I might die on a Windy night & my soul would fade away like smoke & I cease to exist.... charm away my fear of the underworld....