Synopsis: Trapped on a Klingon occupied planet, Commander Chin-Riley met her doppelganger, while Dr. M’Benga, and Ensign Uhura taken on alternative identities. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the unconscious material that Carl (C.G.) Jung’s called a complex is projected onto another and then removed. In “A Case of… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 4, Episode 4: “A Case of Chiaroscuro”
Author: Myth Maggie
My name is Margaret Ann Mendenhall, PhD - aka Myth Maggie.
I am a Mythological Scholar and a student of Depth and Archetypal Psychology. I am watching an episode or film from the Star Trek multiverse every day* and blogging about it from a mythological and depth psychological perspective, going back to The Original Series. If you love Star Trek or it has meaning for you, I invite you to join the voyage.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 4, Episode 3: “Human Best Friend”
Synopsis: In order to prepare for a diplomatic mission, Captain Pike and the Alpha Shift crew take shore leave on a planet with an unusual atmosphere. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C.G.) Jung’s concept of a complex, one way in which unconscious material comes to the awareness of the conscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 4, Episode 3: “Human Best Friend”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 4, Episode 2: “The Griffin Incident”
Synopsis: The Enterprise and her crew find themselves thrown into the distant past and learn about how humanity came to be. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how our unconscious operates differently than our conscious ego, and how hard the ego fights to get its own way. In “The Griffin Incident” Lt.… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 4, Episode 2: “The Griffin Incident”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 4, Episode 1: “Valles Marineris”
Synopsis: The Enterprise and her crew find themselves thrown into the distant past and learn about how humanity came to be. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the unus mundus, or one unified world, where everything is interconnected. In “Valles Marineris” the Enterprise crew was sent… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 4, Episode 1: “Valles Marineris”
Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 10: “Scouts Go Hunting For Fluffy Pink Aliens! – Holodeck Rescues #10”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts come to the aid a Klingon farmer who is having a tribble problem. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a complex, is used to inform the conscious ego of unconscious material that needs to be acknowledged and integrated into it.… Continue reading Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 10: “Scouts Go Hunting For Fluffy Pink Aliens! – Holodeck Rescues #10”
Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 9: “Scouts Dive Into an Ocean Alien Planet!– Holodeck Rescues #9”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts travel to an ocean planet and have an undersea adventure. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how individuals’ unconscious communicates differently than an individuals’ conscious ego, but when its needs are met, the psyche becomes more whole. “Scouts Dive Into an Ocean Alien Planet!– Holodeck Rescues #9… Continue reading Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 9: “Scouts Dive Into an Ocean Alien Planet!– Holodeck Rescues #9”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 10: “Rubincon”
Synopsis: The Federation and Captain Ake are put on trial by Nus Braka while the Starfleet Cadets work together to save them. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the importance of neurodiversity as a natural form of human biodiversity. In “Rubincon,” on the now separated saucer section of Athena, Fleet Admiral Charles… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 10: “Rubincon”
Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 8: “Star Trek Scouts Rescue a Moon Alien!– Holodeck Rescues #8”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts defeat Shadowtrix in her plan to uncover a magic moon pearl to become the Master of the Galaxy. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how an individual’s unconscious, while unperceivable to the conscious ego, is important to the wholeness of an individual’s psyche. Bottom of Form“Star Trek… Continue reading Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 8: “Star Trek Scouts Rescue a Moon Alien!– Holodeck Rescues #8”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 9: “300th Night”
Synopsis: Cadet Caleb Mir’s journey to find his mother resulted in unexpected complications. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung’s concept of projection, how one’s complex can be projected onto another. “300th Night” was set at the official end of the first academic year of Starfleet Academy. The U.S.S.… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 9: “300th Night”
Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 7: ”Star Trek Scouts Save a Chameleon’s Invisible Power!– Holodeck Rescues #7”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts defeat Shadowtrix in her plan to steal the Klingon Power Scepter by stealing the ability to seem invisible from a Corvan Gilvo. This episode can be seen as an illustration from Jung’s work on typology, which defined different personality traits and how each of us has a dominant trait as… Continue reading Star Trek: Star Trek Scouts – Season 2, Episode 7: ”Star Trek Scouts Save a Chameleon’s Invisible Power!– Holodeck Rescues #7”
