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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 9: “Our Man Bashir”

Synopsis: A transporter malfunction causes the physical patterns of crewmembers to be stored in Dr. Bashir’s James Bond-like holosuite program. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego feels that it is separate from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, but how both must be joined so that the psyche… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 9: “Our Man Bashir”

Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 11: “Maneuvers”

Synopsis: Voyager is attacked by the Kazon-Nistrim forces, which have aligned with Seska, the former Maquis member who was also once part of Voyager’s crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one of the archetypal relationships that James Hillman wrote about extensively. That of the need of the puer, or eternal youth,… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 11: “Maneuvers”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 8: “The Sword of Kahless”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Dax and Lt. Commander Worf accompany Kor on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Kahless relic and unite the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an exploration of the concept of inflation. As I have written previously, inflation is what happens when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego identifies with… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 8: “The Sword of Kahless”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 7: “Little Green Men”

Synopsis: On the way to bring Nog to Earth to attend Starfleet Academy, Quark’s new vessel is caught in a time warp and ends up on Earth, but in 1947. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s concept, the acorn theory. That just as every acorn has all the information inside… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 7: “Little Green Men”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 6: “Starship Down”

Synopsis: While conducting trade negotiations in the Gamma Quadrant the Defiant is attacked by Jem’Hadar warships. While the above is the plotline of this episode from the external point of view, there is a lot of psychic growth that is happening on the U.S.S. Defiant as the crew struggles to live through the aftermath of… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 6: “Starship Down”

Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 8: “Persistence of Vision”

Synopsis: A telepathic alien is able to control the minds of the Voyager crew by letting them see and live their hidden thoughts. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has the ability to confront bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious through what Carl (C.… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 8: “Persistence of Vision”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 5: “Rejoined”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Dax is reunited with the current host of the symbiont who was the wife of Tobias Dax. This episode can be seen as an unusual illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory. This is his concept that just as each acorn has all the information inside it to become a tree, inside each… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 5: “Rejoined”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 4: “Indiscretion”

Synopsis: Gul Dukat accompanies Major Kira on a search for survivors of a crash of a vessel transporting Bajoran prisoners. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called projections. Projections are bits of unconscious material that an individual’s conscious ego has placed upon another. If what is projected… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 4: “Indiscretion”