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”
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 1, Episode 14: “Faces”
Synopsis: A Vidiian scientist splits Lt. Torres into two bodies, one fully Klingon and one fully human. This episode, which harkens back to the episode “The Enemy Within” from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, can be seen as an illustration of the importance of honoring both the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 22: “Explorers”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko and his son, Jake, take a journey on a solar sail ship while Dr. Bashir confronts a former classmate visiting Deep Space Nine. This episode can be seen as a series of illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call projection. Projection being the way that one projects bits of material… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 22: “Explorers”
Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 13: “Cathexis”
Synopsis: Commander Chakotay is psychically damaged when an alien intruder invades a shuttlecraft and then tries to take over Voyager. This episode, although it is not a perfect analogy, can be seen as an illustration of different ways that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, as… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 13: “Cathexis”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 21: “The Die is Cast”
Synopsis: The plan for a Romulan and Cardassian joint attack on the Dominion fails. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “The Die is Cast” we learn of a joint plan between the Romulans and… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 21: “The Die is Cast”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 12: “Heroes and Demons”
Synopsis: Captain Janeway and Lt. Torres beam a sample from a protostar aboard Voyager, not realizing it is a living being. This episode, much like the previous episodes, can be seen initially as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. It can… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 12: “Heroes and Demons”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 20: “Improbable Cause”
Synopsis: Garak and Odo investigate an attempt on Garak’s life. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the archetypes of the Senex, the wise old man, and the Puer, the eternal youth, as described by James Hillman. In “Improbable Cause” former members of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, a CIA-like organization,… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 20: “Improbable Cause”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 19: “Through the Looking Glass”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko is abducted and taken into the parallel universe in order to complete a mission there of rebelling against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the inner unconscious anima and animus, the terms Carl (C. G.) Jung had for our own internal idealized mates, operate when… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 19: “Through the Looking Glass”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 11: “State of Flux”
Synopsis: An alien ship blows up after it acquires technology from Voyager and Captain Janeway orders an investigation. This episode, much like the previous episode “Prime Factors,” can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “State of Flux”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 11: “State of Flux”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 18: “Distant Voices”
Synopsis: Dr. Bashir is attacked by an alien that has the ability put him in a telepathic coma and must find his way back to consciousness. This episode can be interpreted as an analogy of archetypal psychology, which maintains that we all have various archetypal energies within our psyches. But it can also be seen… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 18: “Distant Voices”
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