Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across a simulation of Starfleet Headquarters created by Species 8472. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “In the Flesh” Voyager’s crew happens upon a perfect simulation of Starfleet Headquarters.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 4: “In the Flesh”
Month: January 2023
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 6: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
Synopsis: Odo goes on a mission to save the life of a valuable informant and finds someone else instead, while on Deep Space Nine Ensign Nog engages in trade to acquire a stabilizer for Defiant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how we all carry the beliefs and experiences of our ancestors… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 6: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 3: “Extreme Risk”
Synopsis: Voyager’s crew must build a new vessel in order to retrieve a probe that has become marooned while Lt. Torres works through her psychic wounds. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a psychic wound can create what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex, which is one way the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 3: “Extreme Risk”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 5: “Chrysalis”
Synopsis: Dr. Bashir falls in love with his genetically enhanced patient. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection, which is one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, making it stronger and the psyche more whole. When the bits of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 5: “Chrysalis”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 2: “Drone”
Synopsis: A Borg clone that was accidentally created aboard Voyager from 29th century technology saves the vessel and her crew from the Borg. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites. This occurs when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 2: “Drone”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 4: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
Synopsis: A visiting Vulcan Starfleet officer challenges Captain Sisko and his team to a baseball game. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how a wound creates a complex, which can be seen as an opportunity to expand self-knowledge. The reason being is that a complex is one way in which bits of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 4: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 1: “Night”
Synopsis: In an area devoid of stars, Voyager’s crew comes across two alien species, one dumping radiation into the space of another, while Janeway fights her internal demons. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the operations of inflation and deflation are part of the overall process of individuation, the way by… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 1: “Night”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 3: “Afterimage”
Synopsis: Ensign Dax tries to fit in on Deep Space Nine as Captain Sisko tries to keep her there. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens after one discovers their own inner daimon, as it relates to James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything within… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 3: “Afterimage”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 2: “Shadows and Symbols”
Synopsis: Captain Sisko finds the Orb of the Emissary and his origin story is revealed to him. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything within it to become a tree, we all have an inner daimon that has all the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 2: “Shadows and Symbols”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 1: “Image in the Sand”
Synopsis: On Deep Space Nine Lt. Commander Worf prepares to go on a mission to ensure Lt. Commander Dax’s place in Sto-vo-kor, while on Earth Captain Sisko has a vision. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is deflated bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 1: “Image in the Sand”