Synopsis: Cadets from Starfleet Academy engage in a debate on the fate of the Klingons and Cadet Kraag finds his voice. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons that contain… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Vox in Excelso”
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.
* Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 4: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Space Whale From a Black Hole!– Holodeck Rescues #4”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts rescue a gormagander and return him to his family. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of how a complex is created and when assimilated into the conscious ego can lead to self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and therefore psychic healing. In “Star Trek Scouts Save… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 4: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Space Whale From a Black Hole!– Holodeck Rescues #4”
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 3: “Star Trek Scouts Stop a Mudslide & Save Dinosaurs!– Holodeck Rescues #3”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts rescue three hatchling galactic pterodactyls and return them to their mother. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’ concepts of inflation and deflation, as well as an enantiodromia, his term for the idea that integrating bits of material from the unconscious into the conscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 3: “Star Trek Scouts Stop a Mudslide & Save Dinosaurs!– Holodeck Rescues #3”
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 2: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Baby Monkey in Outer Space – Holodeck Rescues #2”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts rescue a baby nobonimbus monkey stolen by Shadowtrix and return it to its mother. This episode can be seen as another illustration of how an individual’s psyche is made up of both conscious and unconscious material, and that when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 2: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Baby Monkey in Outer Space – Holodeck Rescues #2”
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 1: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Baby Animal – Holodeck Rescues #1”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts return a baby Denebian slimevark to its mother. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how an individual’s psyche is made up of both conscious and unconscious material, and that when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into itself, psychic healing can occur. “Star… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 2, Episode 1: “Star Trek Scouts Save a Baby Animal – Holodeck Rescues #1”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Vitus Reflux”
Synopsis: Cadets from Starfleet Academy and the War College engage in a pranking war. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the conscious ego tries to avoid acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious material into itself, and how psychic healing can occur when this resistance ends. In “Vitus Reflux” a pranking war… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Vitus Reflux”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 2: “Beta Test”
Synopsis: A delegation from Betazed visits the campus shared by Starfleet Academy and the War Academy. This episode can be seen as elucidating how bits of unconscious material that Carl (C. G.) Jung identifies as complexes, come to the awareness of the conscious ego through projection. Projection being when an individual projects their own complex… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 2: “Beta Test”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 1: “Kids These Days”
Synopsis: The students and chancellor of Starfleet Academy are introduced and make their way to San Francisco. This episode can be seen as providing various examples of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of complexes, and how bits of unconscious material come to the awareness of the conscious ego. “Kids These Days” began with a flashback… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 1: “Kids These Days”
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 1, Episode 10: “Star Trek Scouts Blast a Horta in Outer Space! – Asteroid Blaster #10”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts work with a Horta to defeat a gorgonite asteroid. This episode can be seen as another illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection, when an individual projects bits of their own unconscious onto another. “Star Trek Scouts Blast a Horta in Outer Space! – Asteroid Blaster #10” began… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 1, Episode 10: “Star Trek Scouts Blast a Horta in Outer Space! – Asteroid Blaster #10”
Star Trek: Scouts – Season 1, Episode 9: “Star Trek Scouts CRUMBLE a Cookie Asteroid! – Asteroid Blaster #9”
Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts crumble a cookie asteroid with a glass of milk. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection, when an individual projects bits of their own unconscious onto another. “Star Trek Scouts CRUMBLE a Cookie Asteroid! – Asteroid Blaster #9” began with Sprocket… Continue reading Star Trek: Scouts – Season 1, Episode 9: “Star Trek Scouts CRUMBLE a Cookie Asteroid! – Asteroid Blaster #9”
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