Synopsis: Sloan from Section 31 uses Dr. Bashir in an intelligence operation. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how necessary the Eros-driven irrational unconscious is in the psyche to balance out the Logos-driven rational conscious. In “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” the Romulan Senator Cretak visits Deep Space Nine before a conference… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 16: “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”
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Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 16: “The Disease”
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 15: “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bong”
Synopsis: A jack-in-the-box in Vic Fontaine’s holosuite program appears, which requires much of the senior staff to come to the holographic character’s rescue to restore the program to normal operating parameters. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how Trickster energy can be a conduit for change in the Logos-driven rational conscious. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 15: “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bong”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 15: “Dark Frontier”
Synopsis: After Voyager’s crew causes the explosion of a Borg probe vessel, Captain Janeway decides to go after a damaged Borg sphere and take its transwarp drive. This episode can be seen as an illustration of inflation, when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego identifies too strongly or for too long with the god-like archetypal power… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 15: “Dark Frontier”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 14: “Chimera”
Synopsis: Odo comes across a fellow changeling, which causes him to reevaluate his life. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how difficult it can be to acknowledge and integrate of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into the Logos-driven rational conscious. In “Chimera” while returning back to Deep Space Nine in a… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 14: “Chimera”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 14: “Bliss”
Synopsis: Voyager encounters what it believes is a wormhole but is really a lifeform that has the ability to control minds and digest starships. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how integrating bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious can be crucial to survival, even though sometimes it can be very… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 14: “Bliss”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 13: “Field of Fire”
Synopsis: Lt. Dax summons the memories of a previous Dax host to investigate murders aboard Deep Space Nine. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the process of acknowledging and integrating the Eros-driven irrational unconscious shadow into the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can be uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous. In “Field of Fire”… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 13: “Field of Fire”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 13: “Gravity”
Synopsis: After their shuttle crashes on a barren planet, Lt. Commander Tuvok, Ensign Paris, and The Doctor encounter a lone female survivor from a previous wreck. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection, one way that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can become aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 13: “Gravity”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 12: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
Synopsis: Grand Nagus Zek must be rescued from the alternate universe. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how forcing the process of acknowledging and integrating the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into the Logos-driven rational conscious ego can be dangerous. In “The Emperor’s New Cloak” Quark receives a message from Grand Nagus Zek that… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 12: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 12: “The Bride of Chaotica!”
Synopsis: Photonic life forms take characters in a holodeck program as real. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how different the Eros-driven irrational unconscious processes information from the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, which is why it can be difficult for the conscious ego to incorporate bits of unconscious material into itself, in… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 12: “The Bride of Chaotica!”
