Synopsis: Garak and Odo investigate an attempt on Garak’s life. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the archetypes of the Senex, the wise old man, and the Puer, the eternal youth, as described by James Hillman. In “Improbable Cause” former members of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, a CIA-like organization,… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 20: “Improbable Cause”
Month: April 2022
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 19: “Through the Looking Glass”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko is abducted and taken into the parallel universe in order to complete a mission there of rebelling against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the inner unconscious anima and animus, the terms Carl (C. G.) Jung had for our own internal idealized mates, operate when… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 19: “Through the Looking Glass”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 11: “State of Flux”
Synopsis: An alien ship blows up after it acquires technology from Voyager and Captain Janeway orders an investigation. This episode, much like the previous episode “Prime Factors,” can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “State of Flux”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 11: “State of Flux”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 18: “Distant Voices”
Synopsis: Dr. Bashir is attacked by an alien that has the ability put him in a telepathic coma and must find his way back to consciousness. This episode can be interpreted as an analogy of archetypal psychology, which maintains that we all have various archetypal energies within our psyches. But it can also be seen… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 18: “Distant Voices”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 10: “Prime Factors”
Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across an alien species that has superior transportation technology and its own version of the Prime Directive that will not allow them to share it with other species. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 10: “Prime Factors”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 9: “Emanations”
Synopsis: Ensign Kim is caught in a subspace vacuole while trying to transport back to Voyager. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex can operate as a vessel that brings bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to the attention of the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 9: “Emanations”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 17: “Visionary”
Synopsis: Chief O’Brien is exposed to radiation which allows him to travel into the near future. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how complexes operate by allowing bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to come into the awareness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “Visionary” Chief of Operations Miles… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 17: “Visionary”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto”
Synopsis: Lt. Paris is accused of the murder of a scientist who is the husband of a beautiful woman on an alien planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls projection. Projection in depth psychological terms is when one sees in another something that is coming up… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 16: “Prophet Motive”
Synopsis: Grand Nagus Zek, the Ferengi leader, seems different when he visits Deep Space Nine after having traveled through the Bajoran wormhole, and Quark feels he must change Zek back to how he was before. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how complexes operate and how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego will… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 16: “Prophet Motive”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 7: “Eye of the Needle”
Synopsis: The crew of Voyager find a micro-sized wormhole that allows them to communicate with the Alpha Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex, which is one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can access bit of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 7: “Eye of the Needle”
mydailysoultrek 