This chapter will argue that in order to regain our spiritual perception, we need to overcome our passions and reach the state of impassibility or apatheia where pain and pleasure are indifferent. It will dwell on the number of passions, how they function, the way to overcome them, and how these insights can be applied in the case of the aesthetic shock. The chapter will begin with an examination of Evagrius of Pontus’s insights on the formation of emotions. It will then turn to the eight passions that obstruct spiritual clarity. Particular attention will be given to Evagrius’s remedies for overcoming them. Finally, the chapter will apply these teachings to the specific negative emotions that arise in moments of aesthetic shock: fear, pity, and disgust.