"Psychedelic" is an interesting word. In Greek it literally means soul clarifying. It occurs in a Platonic dialogue on power, the Gorglas, where it is used to describe what happens to souls at death. Death, said Socrates, clarifies the soul; it reveals the hidden corruption, the secret deeds of unjust men who in life hid behind rank and prestige; it also reveals the beauties and virtues of just souls. Death, in short, is the ultimate "psychedelic."Soulmaker