Synopsis: Mr. Spock’s first command is a mission on the shuttlecraft, Galileo, sent out to investigate Murasaki 312, a quasar, that becomes marooned on planet Taurus II.
“The Galileo Seven” illustrates what happens when we rely solely on our rational mind to get us out of an Underworld situation.
When the Galileo is affected by the quasar, the crew aboard her are knocked unconscious, and when they regain consciousness, they discover that they are no longer flying in the heavens above; but have been knocked down to the surface of an inhospitable planet. This place, where giant-furry creatures toss enormous spears through their hearts and beat the craft with rocks, is a place they must escape.
Mr. Spock states: “I will do whatever logically needs to be done.” However, Dr. Leonard McCoy replies: “Mr. Spock, life and death are seldom logical.” And this is the root of the problem in this episode.
However, once the shuttlecraft has been able to lift itself off of the planet below and goes through the planet’s atmosphere, Spock does something illogical. He jettisons the craft’s fuel and sets it on fire. An act which Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott calls “a good gamble.” It appears that for this moment Spock may have put aside his rational Logos, to act on a human irrational impulse of Eros. And in that moment, he saved not only himself, but the crewmembers aboard the shuttlecraft. I like to think that if we work on our own psychic healing that this will also benefit humankind in general, as well as the anima mundi – the soul of the world.
Original post created 20 January 2021
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