Synopsis: A signal from the Red Angel appears over Kaminar and Commander Saru goes back to his homeworld. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a tale told by the nineteenth century Hindu mystic Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa of the tiger and the goats. A tiger was born in a herd of goats and… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: “The Sound of Thunder”
Month: January 2024
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 5: “Saints of Imperfection”
Synopsis: Ensign Tilly is taken into the mycelial network and the Discovery crew go in it to bring her back. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s later understanding of the collective unconscious, that it is something that humans are a part of and that connects all living things.… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 5: “Saints of Imperfection”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 4: “An Obol for Charon”
Synopsis: While traveling to try to locate Lt. Spock’s shuttle an immense sphere stops Discovery and impacts Commander Saru. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection and the dropping of that projection, which can be one step in the process of the rational conscious ego to acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 4: “An Obol for Charon”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 3: “Point of Light”
Synopsis: On Discovery Commander Burnham faces her relationship to her brother while in the Klingon Empire L’Rell is forced to recognize what she must sacrifice for her people. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the need for the rational conscious ego to acknowledge and integrate bits of unconscious material into itself. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 3: “Point of Light”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”
Synopsis: A red signal leads Discovery to a planet in another quadrant inhabited by descendants from a group of individuals from Earth, brought there two hundred years prior. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the metaxy, the third place between the conscious ego and the unconscious, where change can happen. In “New… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: “Brother”
Synopsis: Captain Pike takes command of the U.S.S. Discovery and has a new mission for her crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a cultural complex, which occurs when there has been a psychic wounding in an entire society. In “Brother”Captain Christopher Pike, who had until this episode been in command aboard… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: “Brother”
Star Trek: Short Treks – “Escape Artist”
Synopsis: Harry Mudd and Starfleet are in a battle of wits once again. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (G. G.) Jung called the Trickster archetype. In “Escape Artist,” it seems that Harry Mudd is in the custody of a Tellurite bounty hunter, Tevrin Krit, who is about to turn… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Escape Artist”
Star Trek: Short Treks – “The Brightest Star”
Synopsis: Saru, a Kelpien living on the planet Kaminar looks to the stars for hope and his future. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman would call the tension between the energy of the Senex, the wise elder, and the Puer, the eternal youth, archetypes. Hillman believed that the relationship… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “The Brightest Star”
Star Trek: Short Treks – “Calypso”
Synopsis: One thousand years after her captain ordered her to maintain her position, the U.S.S. Discovery and her evolving computer system, Zora, come across a wounded human. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the conscious ego integrating its ideal inner other, a bit of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Calypso”
Star Trek: Short Treks – “Runaway”
Synopsis: While Ensign Tilly has doubts about what it means to begin the Starfleet Command Training Program her mother and an alien stowaway speak to her. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything inside itself to become an oak tree,… Continue reading Star Trek: Short Treks – “Runaway”
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