Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 8: “If Memory Serves”

Synopsis: Commander Burnham takes Lt. Spock to Talos IV for healing. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how sometimes the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into itself through the use of archetypal Trickster energy. In “If Memory Serves” Commander Michael Burnham and her brother, Lt. Spock, arrive on… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 8: “If Memory Serves”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 7: “Light and Shadow”

Synopsis: Commander Burnham travels to Vulcan to find Lt. Spock. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons that have all the information we need to become who we… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 7: “Light and Shadow”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: “The Sound of Thunder”

Synopsis: A signal from the Red Angel appears over Kaminar and Commander Saru goes back to his homeworld. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a tale told by the nineteenth century Hindu mystic Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa of the tiger and the goats. A tiger was born in a herd of goats and… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: “The Sound of Thunder”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 5: “Saints of Imperfection”

Synopsis: Ensign Tilly is taken into the mycelial network and the Discovery crew go in it to bring her back. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s later understanding of the collective unconscious, that it is something that humans are a part of and that connects all living things.… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 5: “Saints of Imperfection”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 4: “An Obol for Charon”

Synopsis: While traveling to try to locate Lt. Spock’s shuttle an immense sphere stops Discovery and impacts Commander Saru. This episode can be seen as an illustration of projection and the dropping of that projection, which can be one step in the process of the rational conscious ego to acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 4: “An Obol for Charon”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 3: “Point of Light”

Synopsis: On Discovery Commander Burnham faces her relationship to her brother while in the Klingon Empire L’Rell is forced to recognize what she must sacrifice for her people. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the need for the rational conscious ego to acknowledge and integrate bits of unconscious material into itself. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 3: “Point of Light”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”

Synopsis: A red signal leads Discovery to a planet in another quadrant inhabited by descendants from a group of individuals from Earth, brought there two hundred years prior. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the metaxy, the third place between the conscious ego and the unconscious, where change can happen. In “New… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2: “New Eden”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: “Brother”

Synopsis: Captain Pike takes command of the U.S.S. Discovery and has a new mission for her crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a cultural complex, which occurs when there has been a psychic wounding in an entire society. In “Brother”Captain Christopher Pike, who had until this episode been in command aboard… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: “Brother”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 15: “Will You Take My Hand?”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew carry out a plan to defeat the Klingons, but with a twist. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what James Hillman called the metaxy, that third place between the conscious ego and the unconscious, where change is possible and new things emerge. In “Will You… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 15: “Will You Take My Hand?”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 14: “The War Without, the War Within”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew return to their universe only to find that Starfleet Command is losing the war with the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego acknowledges bits of unconscious material and integrates them into itself. In “The War Without, the… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 14: “The War Without, the War Within”