Synopsis: When Quark believes he is dying, he decides to follow the Ferengi tradition of selling off his desiccated remains for profit. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what depth psychologist Erich Neumann would call the tension between an old ethic and a new ethic. This is also the psychic tension that… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 24: “Body Parts”
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Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 26: “Basics, Part I”
Synopsis: Seska lures Voyager and her crew into a trap. This episode is an illustration of the different ways in which the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious operate differently and are in relationship to the other, but also how they can both be manipulated by Trickster energy. In “Basics, Part I”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 26: “Basics, Part I”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 4, Episode 23: “The Quickening”
Synopsis: While in the Gamma Quadrant Lt. Dax and Dr. Bashir come across a planet where individuals are born with a blight that they all will die of as punishment from the Jem’Hadar for disobedience. This episode can be seen as an illustration of when one’s Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes inflated because it identifies… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 4, Episode 23: “The Quickening”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 25: “Resolutions”
Synopsis: Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay are left on a planet to try to find a cure to a virus that they both became infected with, while Voyager continues without them. This episode is yet another illustration of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego being in relationship with the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, and how it can… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 25: “Resolutions”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 22: “To the Death”
Synopsis: Captain Sisko teams up with the Dominion and the Jem’Hadar to go after a common enemy. This episode, like the several previous ones, can be seen as an illustration of one of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s central theories. That the Eros-driven irrational unconscious has a different way of doing things than the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 22: “To the Death”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 24: “Tuvix”
Synopsis: A transporter malfunction causes Lt. Tuvok and Neelix to fuse into one being. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego being in relationship with the Eros-driven unconscious, and how it can make the ego stronger and the psyche more whole. In “Tuvix” Lt. Tuvok and Neelix are… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 24: “Tuvix”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 21: “For the Cause”
Synopsis: Captain Yates is discovered to be providing medical supplies to the Maquis, While Commander Eddington absconds with supplies the Federation was going to give to the Cardassians. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s central theories. That the Eros-driven irrational unconscious has a different way of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 21: “For the Cause”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 23: “The Thaw”
Synopsis: Ensign Kim, Lt. Torres, and Captain Janeway come across Fear when they try to rescue individuals from a computer program initiated to keep them alive while they were in a stasis chamber. This episode, like many others I have posted about recently, can be seen as yet another illustration of how the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 23: “The Thaw”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 20: “The Muse”
Synopsis: A pregnant Lwaxana Troi comes to Deep Space Nine to seek refuge from her husband; meanwhile an alien female visits the station and entrances Jake Sisko. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s central theories. How bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, when acknowledged… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 20: “The Muse”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 19: “Shattered Mirror”
Synopsis: Captain Sisko is persuaded to assist rebels in the Mirror Universe fight the Cardassian-Klingon Alliance. As the episode in my previous post, this episode can be seen as an illustration of one of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s central theories. That of how a complex will bring bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 19: “Shattered Mirror”
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