Synopsis: A Klingon ship returns from the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole with something disruptive and dangerous to the station. In this episode, once again the Gamma Quadrant can be analogized to the unconscious part of the human psyche, and the wormhole as what depth psychologist Carl (C. G.) Jung would describe as a complex.… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 18: “Dramatis Personae”
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 1, Episode 17: “The Forsaken”
Synopsis: Lwaxana Troi and three other ambassadors visit Deep Space Nine and experience attitude shifting situations. In this episode in a scene between Odo and Lwaxana Troi, viewers are allowed to experience through them what it means when two individuals remove their projections from each other and in return are able to see each other… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 17: “The Forsaken”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 24: “Second Chances”
Synopsis: While trying to retrieve data from a science station evacuated eight years prior, Commander Riker discovers his double. In this episode we can see how the depth psychological concept of projection works in a very direct way. Projection is the way in which we are able to perceive those unwanted or suppressed parts of… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 24: “Second Chances”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 16: “If Wishes Were Horses”
Synopsis: The station deals with figments of the inhabitant’s imaginations being caused by an anomaly in space as well as three visitors from an unknown place. The confusion I have around making sense of this episode is comparable to how the Logos-driven, conscious ego has difficulty trying to integrate bits of material of the Eros-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 16: “If Wishes Were Horses”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 23: “Rightful Heir”
Synopsis: Lt. Worf travels to the Klingon holy planet of Boreth in search of spiritual awakening. In this episode we can see how similar the concepts of depth psychology and the search for meaning in life align with religious belief systems and how the process of analysis is challenging and frustrating at times. In “Rightful… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 23: “Rightful Heir”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 15: “Progress”
Synopsis: Major Kira travels to a Bajoran moon to convince a settler there to leave before the moon will become uninhabitable in an effort to provide power to Bajor. In this episode Major Kira Nerys meets a crochety yet charming settler on the Bajoran moon, Jeraddo, and her compassion for him may well be because… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 15: “Progress”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 22: “Suspicions”
Synopsis: Dr. Crusher risks her career in order to solve the mystery of a murder aboard the Enterprise. In this episode we can see how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, here symbolized by Starfleet Command, can try to suppress input from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, here embodied in Dr. Beverly Crusher. In “Suspicions” Crusher acts… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 22: “Suspicions”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
Synopsis: Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir respond to a medical emergency on Bajor, while on Deep Space Nine, Commander Sisko is asked to mediate a land dispute between two Bajoran factions. In this episode viewers get a glimpse of the power of a cultural unconscious shadow. On Bajor, this creates a physical monster, on Deep… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 21: “Frame of Mind”
Synopsis: Commander Riker is kidnapped during an undercover away mission and subjected to drug-induced hallucinations. This episode begins with Commander William Riker and Lt. Commander Data rehearsing a play written by Dr. Beverly Crusher, which is set in a mental institution. While rehearsing the scene, Riker becomes uncomfortable with how the play is making him… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 21: “Frame of Mind”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko, Major Kira, and Dr. Bashir bring Kai Opaka to the Gamma Quadrant, where she begins a new adventure. In this episode the concept at the core of depth psychology is explored through the character of Major Kira Nerys. And also, as in the last episode, “Vortex,” the Gamma Quadrant can be seen… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
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