Synopsis: After being promoted, Captain Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are manipulated by a changeling in an effort to start a war. This episode can be seen as a physical manifestation of Trickster-like energy and how it can relate to the compensatory aspects of the psyche, as another way in which the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 26: “The Adversary”
Month: May 2022
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 25: “Facets”
Synopsis: Lt. Dax participates in the Trill rite of closure that allows her to meet all the Dax symbiont’s past hosts. This episode can be seen as a physical manifestation of the process by which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is allowed to experience different bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, by way… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 25: “Facets”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”
Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok is tasked with training some recalcitrant former Maquis crewmembers in the ways of Starfleet, while Voyager suffers from an infection in her bio-packs. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens during what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites, or the transcendent function. Which is… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 24: “Shakaar”
Synopsis: Kai Winn is elevated to the position of First Minister of Bajor’s Provisional Government and asks for Major Kira’s assistance. In depth psychological terms, this episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between inflation and deflation. Inflation, as defined by Carl (C. G.) Jung is the identification with the power of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 24: “Shakaar”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 15: “Jetrel”
Synopsis: The scientist who created the weapon that killed Neelix’s family comes aboard Voyager to try to make amends. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call inflation. Inflation is the identification with the power of an archetypal god and is a necessary phase in the process… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 15: “Jetrel”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 23: “Family Business”
Synopsis: Quark’s mother, Ishka, is accused of unlawfully earning profit on the Ferengi homeworld, while on Deep Space Nine Commander Sisko meets Captain Yates. Like the last Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode I wrote about “Explorers,” this episode also contains illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call projection. Projection being the way… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 23: “Family Business”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”
Synopsis: A Vidiian scientist splits Lt. Torres into two bodies, one fully Klingon and one fully human. This episode, which harkens back to the episode “The Enemy Within” from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, can be seen as an illustration of the importance of honoring both the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 22: “Explorers”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko and his son, Jake, take a journey on a solar sail ship while Dr. Bashir confronts a former classmate visiting Deep Space Nine. This episode can be seen as a series of illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call projection. Projection being the way that one projects bits of material… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 22: “Explorers”
Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 13: “Cathexis”
Synopsis: Commander Chakotay is psychically damaged when an alien intruder invades a shuttlecraft and then tries to take over Voyager. This episode, although it is not a perfect analogy, can be seen as an illustration of different ways that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, as… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 13: “Cathexis”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 21: “The Die is Cast”
Synopsis: The plan for a Romulan and Cardassian joint attack on the Dominion fails. 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 rational conscious ego. In “The Die is Cast” we learn of a joint plan between the Romulans and… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 21: “The Die is Cast”
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