Synopsis: Two aliens from a remote solar system try to warn the crew of the Enterprise about the damage that is caused to space by Starfleet’s use of warp engines. This episode is a physical manifestation of what happens when a bit of material from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious becomes perceivable to the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 9: “Force of Nature”
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: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 7: “Rules of Acquisition”
Synopsis: A female Ferengi disguises herself as male in order to be able to engage in business opportunities. This episode is an illustration of how we can projection our shadow onto others. In this case, how an entire species, here the Ferengi, are having negative projections placed upon them. In “Rules of Acquisition” Pel, a… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 7: “Rules of Acquisition”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 8: “Attached”
Synopsis: Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher are kidnapped and fitted with devices that allow them to hear each other’s thoughts. This episode is an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. In “Attached” Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher are transported to the surface of the planet Kesprytt III; a world where… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 8: “Attached”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 6: “Melora”
Synopsis: A cartographer from a low-gravity world is assigned to Deep Space Nine and must deal with its higher level of gravity. This episode illustrates the concept from depth psychology that where there is a psychic wound, there is also a great possibility for healing. In “Melora” Ensign Melora Pazlar, from the federation planet Elaysia,… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 6: “Melora”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 7: “Dark Page”
Synopsis: Lwaxana Troi comes aboard the Enterprise to aid a telepathic race that transfer information by image to communicate with Starfleet officers who speak using words. Like the previous episode “Phantasms,” this episode is also an illustration of how images from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when perceived and acknowledged by the Logos-driven rational conscious ego,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 7: “Dark Page”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 5: “Cardassians”
Synopsis: A Cardassian boy and his adoptive Bajoran father arrive on Deep Space Nine only to find out that the child is not an orphan after all. This episode requires Commander Benjamin Sisko to weigh many different value systems in order to make a decision about the future of a young person, and my reaction… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 5: “Cardassians”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 6: “Phantasms”
Synopsis: Lt. Commander Data engages his dream program, which has him identifying a threat to the Enterprise that sensors could not pick up. This episode is an illustration of how messages from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when perceived and acknowledged by the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, can be very useful, and in some instances, lifesaving.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 6: “Phantasms”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 4: “Invasive Procedures”
Synopsis: A Trill that was denied a symbiont host takes over Deep Space Nine in order to forcibly remove the Dax symbiont from Lt. Jadzia Dax. This episode uses the Trill joined species as an analogy to how psyche – mind, and soma – body, are intricately related, but also how the rational ego feels… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 4: “Invasive Procedures”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 5: “Gambit, Part II”
Synopsis: Aboard a mercenary vessel, Captain Picard and Commander Riker try to foil a plot to recover a deadly ancient Vulcan weapon. This episode has a bit of an unsatisfying finish. It can be analogized to how the rational Logos-driven ego believes that it is the center of the psyche, when it is not. In… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 5: “Gambit, Part II”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 3: “The Siege”
Synopsis: Deeps Space Nine is evacuated of non-Bajorans as Major Kira and Lt. Dax head to Bajor to deliver proof of a conspiracy. This episode illustrates two ways in which human beings can operate, by being led by their rational Logos-driven conscious ego, or their irrational Eros-driven unconscious. In “The Siege” while on Deep Space… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 3: “The Siege”
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