Category: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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”

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”

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”

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”

Synopsis: Lt. Dax returns to her family’s home in order to locate Chief O’Brien. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the process of acknowledging and integrating the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into the Logos-driven rational conscious ego is not without pain and danger. In “Prodigal Daughter” Chief Miles O’Brien is missing after… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 11: “Prodigal Daughter”

Synopsis: Ensign Nog uses a holoprogram to recover from the loss of his leg. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how of the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, when acknowledged and integrated into the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, can be a source of healing. “It’s Only a Paper Moon” begins with Ensign Nog returning… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 10: “It’s Only a Paper Moon”

Synopsis: Colonel Kira is abducted by Dukat, who has become the master of a Bajoran religious cult. This episode can be seen as an illustration of inflation, a necessary but potentially dangerous step in individuation, what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the process of making the psyche more whole. Individuation being the ongoing process by… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 9: “Covenant”

Synopsis: Captain Sisko and an away team help a depleted troop of Starfleet officers hold a captured Dominion communications array. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become a tree, we all have an inner daimon that has all… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 8: “The Siege of AR-558”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Worf helps an aging Klingon warrior take part in one last great battle. This episode can be seen as both an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become a tree, we all have an inner daimon that has all the information we… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 7: “Once More into the Breach”

Synopsis: Odo goes on a mission to save the life of a valuable informant and finds someone else instead, while on Deep Space Nine Ensign Nog engages in trade to acquire a stabilizer for Defiant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how we all carry the beliefs and experiences of our ancestors… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 6: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”