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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”

Synopsis: Lt. Torres becomes pregnant and is forced to face a complex. This episode illustrates Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of a complex. A complex being one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Lineage” Lt. B’Elanna Torres learns that she is pregnant.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 12: “Lineage”

Synopsis: Voyager and her crew are divided into different time periods. This episode illustrates one of the therapeutic methods used in analytical psychology, the process of the union of the two opposites: the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Shattered” Voyager is hit by a temporal space anomaly that divides the vessel into… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 11: “Shattered”