Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across an alien species that has superior transportation technology and its own version of the Prime Directive that will not allow them to share it with other species. 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… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 10: “Prime Factors”
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 9: “Emanations”
Synopsis: Ensign Kim is caught in a subspace vacuole while trying to transport back to Voyager. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex can operate as a vessel that brings bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to the attention of the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 9: “Emanations”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 17: “Visionary”
Synopsis: Chief O’Brien is exposed to radiation which allows him to travel into the near future. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how complexes operate by allowing bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to come into the awareness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “Visionary” Chief of Operations Miles… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 17: “Visionary”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto”
Synopsis: Lt. Paris is accused of the murder of a scientist who is the husband of a beautiful woman on an alien planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls projection. Projection in depth psychological terms is when one sees in another something that is coming up… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 16: “Prophet Motive”
Synopsis: Grand Nagus Zek, the Ferengi leader, seems different when he visits Deep Space Nine after having traveled through the Bajoran wormhole, and Quark feels he must change Zek back to how he was before. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how complexes operate and how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego will… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 16: “Prophet Motive”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 7: “Eye of the Needle”
Synopsis: The crew of Voyager find a micro-sized wormhole that allows them to communicate with the Alpha Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex, which is one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can access bit of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 7: “Eye of the Needle”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 15: “Destiny”
Synopsis: In anticipation of a joint mission of Starfleet and Cardassian scientists on Deep Space Nine a Bajoran Vedek comes to the station and tells Commander Sisko to call off the project because it will fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy. As in past episodes, this one can be seen as an illustration as to how important… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 15: “Destiny”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 6: “The Cloud”
Synopsis: Voyager’s crew mistakenly identifies an alien life form as a nebula. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when we privilege the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, and its needs above those of the Eros-driven irrational unconscious and the messages it sends us. In “The Cloud” there is a direct reference… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 6: “The Cloud”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 14: “Heart of Stone”
Synopsis: On a distant moon, Security Chief Odo must try to save Major Kira from a crystalline formation that is threatening her. Meanwhile, on Deep Space Nine, Nog reveals his intention to apply to Starfleet. This episode can be seen as illustrations as to how important it can be to listen to one’s instincts, or… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 14: “Heart of Stone”
Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 5: “Phage”
Synopsis: Aliens desperate for survival steal Neelix’s lungs. This episode can be seen as a confrontation between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, here embodied in Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew, and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, represented here by the Vidiians. In “Phage” while surveying a rogue planetoid, which might have deposits of raw dilithium… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 5: “Phage”
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