Synopsis: Ships from a race fleeing the Gamma Quadrant stop at the station enroute to finding their promised homeland. This episode is an illustration of what happens when bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious are made perceptible to the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and then the ego ignores it. In “Sanctuary” Skrreean ships… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 10: “Sanctuary”
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 11: “Parallels”
Synopsis: While returning to the Enterprise in a shuttlecraft, Lt. Worf inadvertently creates a quantum fissure in space. This episode illustrates what it is like for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, when it is overwhelmed by Eros-driven irrational unconscious material. In “Parallels” Lt. Worf unknowingly travels through a pocket of space that is unstable and… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 11: “Parallels”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 9: “Second Sight”
Synopsis: Commander Sisko falls in love with a mysterious woman. In this episode the concept of projection is illustrated in a variety of ways. In depth psychology, projection is one way in which bits of material from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious is made visible to the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. If the bits of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 9: “Second Sight”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 10: “Inheritance”
Synopsis: While the Enterprise is on a mission to save a planet, Lt. Commander Data meets a woman who tells him she is his mother. This episode is a physical manifestation of archetypal psychologist James Hillman’s concept that the energy from the puer archetype must break free from the energy of the mother archetype in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 10: “Inheritance”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 8: “Necessary Evil”
Synopsis: An attack on Quark causes Odo to reinvestigate a past murder. In this episode the shape-shifting character of Odo can be seen as a physical manifestation of what James Hillman calls the metaxy, that third inbetween place where soul, or psyche, is made. The metaxy lies somewhere between the conscious and the unconscious, the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 8: “Necessary Evil”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 9: “Force of Nature”
Synopsis: Two aliens from a remote solar system try to warn the crew of the Enterprise about the damage that is caused to space by Starfleet’s use of warp engines. This episode is a physical manifestation of what happens when a bit of material from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious becomes perceivable to the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 9: “Force of Nature”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 7: “Rules of Acquisition”
Synopsis: A female Ferengi disguises herself as male in order to be able to engage in business opportunities. This episode is an illustration of how we can projection our shadow onto others. In this case, how an entire species, here the Ferengi, are having negative projections placed upon them. In “Rules of Acquisition” Pel, a… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 7: “Rules of Acquisition”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 8: “Attached”
Synopsis: Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher are kidnapped and fitted with devices that allow them to hear each other’s thoughts. This episode is an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. In “Attached” Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher are transported to the surface of the planet Kesprytt III; a world where… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 8: “Attached”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 6: “Melora”
Synopsis: A cartographer from a low-gravity world is assigned to Deep Space Nine and must deal with its higher level of gravity. This episode illustrates the concept from depth psychology that where there is a psychic wound, there is also a great possibility for healing. In “Melora” Ensign Melora Pazlar, from the federation planet Elaysia,… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 6: “Melora”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 7: “Dark Page”
Synopsis: Lwaxana Troi comes aboard the Enterprise to aid a telepathic race that transfer information by image to communicate with Starfleet officers who speak using words. Like the previous episode “Phantasms,” this episode is also an illustration of how images from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when perceived and acknowledged by the Logos-driven rational conscious ego,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 7: “Dark Page”
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