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Synopsis: When Voyager comes across a group of Talaxians, Mr. Neelix must choose between staying on Voyager, or staying with them. This episode illustrates Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman’s acorn theory. This being that just as an acorn has everything it needs inside it to become a tree, we all have an inner daimon that has… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 23: “Homestead”

Synopsis: Commander Chakotay and Seven of Nine discover a traditional native civilization on an otherwise technically advanced planet. This episode illustrates how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego projects its Eros-driven irrational unconscious shadow onto another, without realizing that what it detests in another is something inside its own psyche. In “Natural Law” Commander Chakotay and… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 22: “Natural Law”

Synopsis: Starfleet orders Voyager’s crew to locate and recover a long-lost Earth probe, Friendship 1. This episode illustrates what can happen when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego tries to control the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. “Friendship One” begins with a flashback to the Earth probe, Friendship 1, entering the atmosphere of a planet in the vicinity… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 21: “Friendship One”

Synopsis: The Doctor publishes a holonovel based on the adventures of Voyager’s crew. This episode illustrates how projection allows the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to perceive bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. “Author, Author” begins with the news from Starfleet headquarters that thanks to Lt. Reginald Barclay’s efforts, the Voyager crew can now… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 20: “Author, Author”

Synopsis: Q returns to Voyager to leave his son, Q2, in the care of Captain Janeway. This episode illustrates three different psychic archetypes, the Great Mother, the Senex, and the Puer, and their relationships to each other. In “Q2” Q appears to Captain Kathryn Janeway on Voyager and brings with him his now adolescent son,… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 19: “Q2”

Synopsis: Seven of Nine begins to explore her emotions, which leads to unexpected consequences. This episode is an illustration of how when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is too one-sided, it cannot assimilate to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into itself. In “Human Error” Seven of Nine begins to spend a great… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 18: “Human Error”

Synopsis: Captain Janeway and much of Voyager’s crew have their memories altered and are thereby coerced into joining a workforce on an alien planet. This episode is an illustration one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Workforce, Part I and Part II” while Commander… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episodes 16 and 17: “Workforce, Part I and Part II”

Synopsis: Voyager is sucked into a space anomaly containing no stars or planets, only spacecraft fighting each other for survival. This episode is an illustration one way the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “The Void” Voyager is sucked though a funnel into a space anomaly… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 15: “The Void”

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across a group of Klingon’s who believe that Lt. Torres’s unborn child is their savior. This episode is yet another illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. Projection being one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 14: “Prophecy”

Synopsis: When convicted killers are transported to Voyager, Seven of Nine sees something in one of them that reminds her of herself. This episode illustrates Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. Projection being one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Repentance”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 13: “Repentance”