Synopsis: An ensign who was at Starfleet Academy with Wesley Crusher is now aboard the Enterprise and sent on a dangerous mission. This episode illustrates how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego works to integrate bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Lower Decks” we first meet Ensign Sito Jaxa of Bajor when she… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 15: “Lower Decks”
Month: February 2022
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 13: “Armageddon Game”
Synopsis: Dr. Bashir and Chief O’Brien try to help end a centuries-long war between two peoples. This episode is an illustration of how sometimes the Logos-driven rational conscious ego will fight to keep itself free of bits of material from its Eros-driven irrational unconscious, even if it means killing off bits of itself in order… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 13: “Armageddon Game”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 14: “Sub Rosa”
Synopsis: After her grandmother dies, Dr. Crusher is seduced by an entity that has been having relationships with her ancestors for centuries. This episode illustrates the concept of how the projection of an individual’s inner ideal mate upon another is how we fall in love. When one’s ideal other is a female, the projection received… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 14: “Sub Rosa”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 13: “Homeward”
Synopsis: The Enterprise answers a distress call from Lt. Worf’s foster brother. This episode, like the prior episode, “The Pegasus,” is an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has to make an accommodation when it is forced to integrate bits of Eros-driven irrational unconscious material into itself. In “Homeward” the Enterprise responds to… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 13: “Homeward”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 12: “The Alternate”
Synopsis: A Bajoran from Odo’s past comes aboard the station. This episode is an illustration of how sometimes self-knowledge comes to us at the price of embracing the darker unconscious aspects of our psyche, that Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the shadow. “The Alternate” begins with Quark selling off pieces of a dead Ferengi,… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 12: “The Alternate”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 12: “The Pegasus”
Synopsis: Admiral Pressman, who was Commander Riker’s captain aboard the starship Pegasus when Riker was her helmsman, comes aboard the Enterprise. This episode is an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has to make an accommodation when it is forced to integrate bits of Eros-driven irrational unconscious material into itself. In “The Pegasus”… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 12: “The Pegasus”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 11: “Rivals”
Synopsis: A new arrival on Deep Space Nine opens a casino to rival Quark’s. This episode is an illustration of what happens when Trickster energy is introduced to the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. “Rivals” begins with a new arrival from the El-Aurian system, Martus Mazur. Odo immediately identifies him as someone to watch when he… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 11: “Rivals”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 10: “Sanctuary”
Synopsis: Ships from a race fleeing the Gamma Quadrant stop at the station enroute to finding their promised homeland. This episode is an illustration of what happens when bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious are made perceptible to the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and then the ego ignores it. In “Sanctuary” Skrreean ships… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 10: “Sanctuary”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 11: “Parallels”
Synopsis: While returning to the Enterprise in a shuttlecraft, Lt. Worf inadvertently creates a quantum fissure in space. This episode illustrates what it is like for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, when it is overwhelmed by Eros-driven irrational unconscious material. In “Parallels” Lt. Worf unknowingly travels through a pocket of space that is unstable and… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 11: “Parallels”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 9: “Second Sight”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko falls in love with a mysterious woman. In this episode the concept of projection is illustrated in a variety of ways. In depth psychology, projection is one way in which bits of material from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious is made visible to the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. If the bits of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 9: “Second Sight”
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