Category: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Synopsis: An ensign who was at Starfleet Academy with Wesley Crusher is now aboard the Enterprise and sent on a dangerous mission. This episode illustrates how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego works to integrate bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In “Lower Decks” we first meet Ensign Sito Jaxa of Bajor when she… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 15: “Lower Decks”

Synopsis: After her grandmother dies, Dr. Crusher is seduced by an entity that has been having relationships with her ancestors for centuries. This episode illustrates the concept of how the projection of an individual’s inner ideal mate upon another is how we fall in love. When one’s ideal other is a female, the projection received… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 14: “Sub Rosa”

Synopsis: The Enterprise answers a distress call from Lt. Worf’s foster brother. This episode, like the prior episode, “The Pegasus,” is an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has to make an accommodation when it is forced to integrate bits of Eros-driven irrational unconscious material into itself. In “Homeward” the Enterprise responds to… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 13: “Homeward”

Synopsis: Admiral Pressman, who was Commander Riker’s captain aboard the starship Pegasus when Riker was her helmsman, comes aboard the Enterprise. This episode is an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has to make an accommodation when it is forced to integrate bits of Eros-driven irrational unconscious material into itself. In “The Pegasus”… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 12: “The Pegasus”

Synopsis: While returning to the Enterprise in a shuttlecraft, Lt. Worf inadvertently creates a quantum fissure in space. This episode illustrates what it is like for the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, when it is overwhelmed by Eros-driven irrational unconscious material. In “Parallels” Lt. Worf unknowingly travels through a pocket of space that is unstable and… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 11: “Parallels”

Synopsis: While the Enterprise is on a mission to save a planet, Lt. Commander Data meets a woman who tells him she is his mother. This episode is a physical manifestation of archetypal psychologist James Hillman’s concept that the energy from the puer archetype must break free from the energy of the mother archetype in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 10: “Inheritance”

Synopsis: Two aliens from a remote solar system try to warn the crew of the Enterprise about the damage that is caused to space by Starfleet’s use of warp engines. This episode is a physical manifestation of what happens when a bit of material from one’s Eros-driven irrational unconscious becomes perceivable to the Logos-driven rational… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 9: “Force of Nature”

Synopsis: Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher are kidnapped and fitted with devices that allow them to hear each other’s thoughts. This episode is an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. In “Attached” Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher are transported to the surface of the planet Kesprytt III; a world where… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 8: “Attached”

Synopsis: Lwaxana Troi comes aboard the Enterprise to aid a telepathic race that transfer information by image to communicate with Starfleet officers who speak using words. Like the previous episode “Phantasms,” this episode is also an illustration of how images from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when perceived and acknowledged by the Logos-driven rational conscious ego,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 7: “Dark Page”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Data engages his dream program, which has him identifying a threat to the Enterprise that sensors could not pick up. This episode is an illustration of how messages from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious when perceived and acknowledged by the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, can be very useful, and in some instances, lifesaving.… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 6: “Phantasms”