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Synopsis: Voyager comes in contact with a spacial disturbance ring which reconfigures the structure of the ship. In this episode if Voyager can be seen as a physical manifestation of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, outer space as the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, then the spacial distortion ring that the vessel comes in contact with can… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 6: “Twisted”

Synopsis: Ensign Kim wakes up in a reality in which he is not on Voyager. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman calls the acorn theory. The idea that just as within each acorn there is all the information it will need to become a tree, within each of us… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 5: “Non Sequitur”

Synopsis: When Voyager encounters a swarm of space-borne life forms, their energetic vapor causes Kes’s internal biological clock to prepare her for motherhood. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what in his later works Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the theory of the unus mundus. The idea that everything in the… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 4: “Elogium”

Synopsis: Voyager’s Emergency Medical Holographic Program is activated and the doctor finds himself alone on the ship. Or is he? This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call Trickster energy. Experiencing this type of energy can be very challenging for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego because it… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 3: “Projections”

Synopsis: Commander Chakotay is in a shuttlecraft performing a ritual to honor the anniversary of his father’s death when he is confronted by a young Kazon. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman would call the relationship between the archetypes of the Senex, the wise old man or the king,… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 2, Episode 2: “Initiations”

Synopsis: Voyager comes across a 1936 Ford pick-up truck floating in space with an SOS call on its radio which leads her crew to a planet inhabited by humans. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would describe as how a complex allows the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 1: “The 37’s”

Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok is tasked with training some recalcitrant former Maquis crewmembers in the ways of Starfleet, while Voyager suffers from an infection in her bio-packs. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens during what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites, or the transcendent function. Which is… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”