Synopsis: Michael Burnham is brought to the U.S.S. Discovery by Captain Lorca to serve aboard the ship and aid him in his mission to win the war with the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 3: “Context is for Kings”
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Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 2: “Battle of the Binary Stars”
Synopsis: A battle breaks out between Starfleet Command and the now united Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the deflation of the conscious ego that occurs after the inflation and one-sidedness, in a balancing circling back to the opposite action that Carl (C. G.) Jung called an enantiodromia. In “Battle… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 2: “Battle of the Binary Stars”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 1: “The Vulcan Hello”
Synopsis: The First Officer of the U.S.S. Shenzhou, Commander Burnham, accidentally kills a Klingon and then mutinies against Captain Georgiou in an ill-fated effort to stave off a war with the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego becomes inflated, not being able to recognize… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 1: “The Vulcan Hello”
Star Trek Beyond
Released: 20 July 2016 Synopsis: Krall takes revenge against the United Federation of Planets. This film can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the conscious ego ignores the capacity of an unconscious complex to gain insight and psychic healing. In Star Trek Beyond The U.S.S. Enterprise visits the new space station,… Continue reading Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Into Darkness
Released: 2 May 2013 Synopsis: Starfleet Admiral Marcus intents on expanding the organization’s military capabilities, and revives a man from the past, Khan Noonien Singh, to help him in these efforts. This film can be seen as offering a variety of illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would term inflation, the conscious ego’s identification… Continue reading Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek (2009)
Released: 6 April 2009 Synopsis: In this reboot, we follow the various origin stories of the crew that came to serve together aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. This film can be seen as a variety of illustrations of what Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman would call the acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has… Continue reading Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 22: “These are the Voyages . . .”
Synopsis: Commander William Riker uses the holodeck aboard the Enterprise D to look back on a key moment in history concerning the NX-01 Enterprise crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what is possible when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the unconscious into itself. In “These are… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 22: “These are the Voyages . . .”
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 21: “Terra Prime”
Synopsis: The leader of the xenophobic organization, Terra Prime, uses a half-human half-Vulcan clone as a symbol of what the future brings. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the James Hillman’s concept of the metaxy. That third entity between the conscious ego and unconscious. “Terra Prime,” just as Minister Nathan Samuels of… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 21: “Terra Prime”
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 20: “Demons”
Synopsis: A xenophobic organization tries to disrupt the creation of a new collation of planets. One way to interpret this episode is as an illustration of the tension between two archetypal powers found in one’s psyche, that of the Senex, or wise elder seeking to maintain the status quo, and of the Puer, or eternal… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 20: “Demons”
Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episodes 18 and 19: “Through a Mirror, Darkly, Part I and Part II”
Synopsis: In the mirror universe the Terran Empire is in power and the Tholians have captured Defiant from the future of the universe where the United Federation of Planets exists. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has all the information inside… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episodes 18 and 19: “Through a Mirror, Darkly, Part I and Part II”
