Category: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Synopsis: Cadets from Starfleet Academy and the War College engage in a pranking war. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the conscious ego tries to avoid acknowledging and integrating bits of unconscious material into itself, and how psychic healing can occur when this resistance ends. In “Vitus Reflux” a pranking war… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 3: “Vitus Reflux”

Synopsis: A delegation from Betazed visits the campus shared by Starfleet Academy and the War Academy. This episode can be seen as elucidating how bits of unconscious material that Carl (C. G.) Jung identifies as complexes, come to the awareness of the conscious ego through projection. Projection being when an individual projects their own complex… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 2: “Beta Test”

Synopsis: The students and chancellor of Starfleet Academy are introduced and make their way to San Francisco. This episode can be seen as providing various examples of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of complexes, and how bits of unconscious material come to the awareness of the conscious ego. “Kids These Days” began with a flashback… Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Season 1, Episode 1: “Kids These Days”