Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across the remnants of a command capsule from a 21st century Earth mission to Mars. This episode can be seen as another illustration of what may happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious through what Carl (C. G.) Jung called… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 8: “One Small Ship”
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: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 7: “Dragon’s Teeth”
Synopsis: Seven of Nine revives an alien in a bio-pod with unexpected results. Similar to the last episode, “Riddles,” this episode can be seen as an illustration of the unexpected results that can arise when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. Here, the unconscious material… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 7: “Dragon’s Teeth”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 6: “Riddles”
Synopsis: Lt. Commander Tuvok suffers neurological trauma and temporarily losses his logic. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, a sudden eruption of unconscious material. In “Riddles” Lt. Commander Tuvok is struck by an alien… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 6: “Riddles”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 5: “Alice”
Synopsis: Ensign Paris becomes drawn to a new spacecraft. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls projection. Projection being one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, by projecting them onto another. In “Alice” Voyager travels to… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 5: “Alice”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 4: “Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy”
Synopsis: An alien vessel spies on Voyager through the lens of The Doctor’s dreams. This episode can be seen as a cautionary tale, of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can misinterpret bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy” The Doctor has done some tinkering with his own Emergency… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 4: “Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 3: “Barge of the Dead”
Synopsis: Lt. Torres has a near-death experience which brings her insight about her relationship with her Klingon heritage. While this episode is rich in concepts from depth psychology, the overall plotline, similar to that of the last episode, “Survival Instinct,” gives viewers another illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a complex allows… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 3: “Barge of the Dead”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 2: “Survival Instinct”
Synopsis: Seven of Nine is given an opportunity to address a mistake from her past. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a complex allows the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to incorporate bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into itself. A complex here, being… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 2: “Survival Instinct”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 1: “Equinox, Part II”
Synopsis: Captain Janeway and Voyager’s crew do battle with Equinox’s crew and Captain Ransom. This episode can be seen as how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego will fight against the Eros-driven irrational unconscious material, and how the unconscious will fight back. “Equinox, Part II” begins with Equinox having left Voyager behind, with Seven of Nine… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 1: “Equinox, Part II”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 25: “What You Leave Behind”
Synopsis: The war between the Federation and Dominion forces comes to an end and the lives of those on Deep Space Nine change. This, the last episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept of the acorn theory. That just as an acorn has all the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 25: “What You Leave Behind”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 25: “Equinox, Part I”
Synopsis: Voyager’s crew responds to a distress signal from another Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection, one way in which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego may become aware of bits of Eros-driven irrational unconscious material. In “Equinox, Part I” Voyager’s crew is amazed to find… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 25: “Equinox, Part I”