some of the basic lines of his thought can be attempted here for the interpretation of M 21.50 In a chain within the Kephalaia Gnostica Evagrius describes three resurrections: of the body, of the soul, and of the mind. “The resurrection of the body is the passage from a defective quality to a superior quality.… The resurrection of the soul is the return from the order of being subject to the passions to the state of passionlessness.… The resurrection of the mind is the passage from ignorance to