Synopsis: When Voyager encounters a swarm of space-borne life forms, their energetic vapor causes Kes’s internal biological clock to prepare her for motherhood. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what in his later works Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the theory of the unus mundus. The idea that everything in the… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 4: “Elogium”
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 2, Episode 3: “Projections”
Synopsis: Voyager’s Emergency Medical Holographic Program is activated and the doctor finds himself alone on the ship. Or is he? This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call Trickster energy. Experiencing this type of energy can be very challenging for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego because it… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 3: “Projections”
Star Trek Voyager – Season 2, Episode 2: “Initiations”
Synopsis: Commander Chakotay is in a shuttlecraft performing a ritual to honor the anniversary of his father’s death when he is confronted by a young Kazon. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman would call the relationship between the archetypes of the Senex, the wise old man or the king,… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 2, Episode 2: “Initiations”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 1: “The 37’s”
Synopsis: Voyager comes across a 1936 Ford pick-up truck floating in space with an SOS call on its radio which leads her crew to a planet inhabited by humans. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would describe as how a complex allows the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 1: “The 37’s”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 26: “The Adversary”
Synopsis: After being promoted, Captain Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are manipulated by a changeling in an effort to start a war. This episode can be seen as a physical manifestation of Trickster-like energy and how it can relate to the compensatory aspects of the psyche, as another way in which the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 26: “The Adversary”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 25: “Facets”
Synopsis: Lt. Dax participates in the Trill rite of closure that allows her to meet all the Dax symbiont’s past hosts. This episode can be seen as a physical manifestation of the process by which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is allowed to experience different bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, by way… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 25: “Facets”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”
Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok is tasked with training some recalcitrant former Maquis crewmembers in the ways of Starfleet, while Voyager suffers from an infection in her bio-packs. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens during what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites, or the transcendent function. Which is… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 24: “Shakaar”
Synopsis: Kai Winn is elevated to the position of First Minister of Bajor’s Provisional Government and asks for Major Kira’s assistance. In depth psychological terms, this episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between inflation and deflation. Inflation, as defined by Carl (C. G.) Jung is the identification with the power of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 24: “Shakaar”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 15: “Jetrel”
Synopsis: The scientist who created the weapon that killed Neelix’s family comes aboard Voyager to try to make amends. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call inflation. Inflation is the identification with the power of an archetypal god and is a necessary phase in the process… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 15: “Jetrel”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 23: “Family Business”
Synopsis: Quark’s mother, Ishka, is accused of unlawfully earning profit on the Ferengi homeworld, while on Deep Space Nine Commander Sisko meets Captain Yates. Like the last Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode I wrote about “Explorers,” this episode also contains illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call projection. Projection being the way… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 23: “Family Business”
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