Category: Star Trek: Enterprise

Synopsis: The Enterprise crew is blamed for an explosion that destroys an alien colony. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the two archetypes, or energies patterns, found in the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, that of the Senex and the Puer. In “Shockwave, Part I” Enterprise arrives at a Paraagan colony… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 26: “Shockwave, Part I”

Synopsis: Captain Archer and several crewmembers travel to Risa for shore leave. 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 that it will need to become a tree, we each have an inner daimon that has all the information… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 25: “Two Days and Two Nights”

Synopsis: Captain Archer and Commander Tucker are invited to visit a planet, not realizing that their host is considered a terrorist. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious come into the awareness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego through what Carl (C. G.) Jung… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 24: “Desert Crossing”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is ordered to extricate a Vulcan ambassador, who was a personal role model for T’Pol, from a planet after she has been expelled by its government. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the Senex, or wise sage archetype, and that of the Puer, the archetype of… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 23: “Fallen Hero”

Synopsis: Ensign Sato tries to communicate with an alien that has boarded the Enterprise through an airlock and captured several crew members. This episode can be seen as illustrations of diverse ways to communicate and miscommunicate, which can be compared to the differences between the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. “Vox… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 22: “Vox Sola”

Synopsis: Captain Archer and Ensign Mayweather are held in a detention complex after the shuttlepod they were in inadvertently enters a military zone. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the concepts of cultural complexes. If a complex is created in an individual by a psychic wound and is an opportunity for self-knowledge,… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 21: “Detained”

Synopsis: The Enterprise travels to a planet expecting to find a salvageable wreck of an alien vessel and instead finds the vessel is very much in use by its crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the relationship between the archetypes, or patterns of unconscious energy, of the Senex, the wise elder,… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 20: “Oasis”

Synopsis: A group of Ferengi thieves try to loot Enterprise. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego incorporates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, it makes the ego stronger and the psyche more whole. In “Acquisition” Enterprise’s crew inadvertently beams up an object that… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 19: “Acquisition”

Synopsis: While exploring animal life on a rogue planet, Enterprise’s crew comes across a group of hunters. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego projects its inner ideal other onto another individual, which is one way it becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 18: “Rogue Planet”

Synopsis: Enterprise’s crew comes to the aid of an unusual group of Vulcans. This episode can be seen as an illustration of possible dangers that can arise when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious into itself without guidance or precautions. In “Fusion” just as Enterprise arrives at… Continue reading Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1, Episode 17: “Fusion”