Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 3: “Context is for Kings”

Synopsis: Michael Burnham is brought to the U.S.S. Discovery by Captain Lorca to serve aboard the ship and aid him in his mission to win the war with the Klingon Empire. 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… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 3: “Context is for Kings”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 2: “Battle of the Binary Stars”

Synopsis: A battle breaks out between Starfleet Command and the now united Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the deflation of the conscious ego that occurs after the inflation and one-sidedness, in a balancing circling back to the opposite action that Carl (C. G.) Jung called an enantiodromia. In “Battle… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 2: “Battle of the Binary Stars”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 1: “The Vulcan Hello”

Synopsis: The First Officer of the U.S.S. Shenzhou, Commander Burnham, accidentally kills a Klingon and then mutinies against Captain Georgiou in an ill-fated effort to stave off a war with the Klingon Empire. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens when the conscious ego becomes inflated, not being able to recognize… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 1: “The Vulcan Hello”