Category: Star Trek: Voyager

Synopsis: Trying to evade a Vidiian attack by traveling through a plasma drift results in the duplication of Voyager and her crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how the Logos-driven rational conscious ego becomes aware of bits of material from the Eros-driven unconscious through what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 21: “Deadlock”

Synopsis: Lt. Paris leaves Voyager in order to investigate the possibility of there being a spy among her crew. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the different modes of operating of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego and the Eros-driven irrational unconscious in their ways of approaching sending information to the psyche. And… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 20: “Investigations”

Synopsis: A Vidiian woman dying of the Phage comes aboard Voyager and is treated by The Doctor. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed the union of opposites, or transcendent function, the way in which the conscious ego incorporates bits of material from the unconscious into itself,… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 19: “Lifesigns”

Synopsis: A member of the Q Continuum comes aboard Voyager and asks for asylum. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the importance of Trickster energy when it comes to spurring on what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed the union of opposites, or transcendent function, the way in which the conscious ego incorporates… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 18: “Death Wish”

Synopsis: Voyager comes across a weapon that Lt. Torres reprogramed in order to attack the Cardassians when it was in the Alpha Quadrant, and now must destroy before it targets a populated planet in the Delta Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens in the aftermath of inflation. Inflation is… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 17: “Dreadnought”

Synopsis: When one crewmember kills another for apparently no reason, Lt. Tuvok performs a Vulcan mind meld on the murderer to try to understand his motives. This episode can be seen as an illustration of one type of reaction that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego has when it has been made aware of bits of… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 16: “Meld”

Synopsis: In a shuttle experiment Lt. Paris reaches Warp 10 and starts evolving into another being. This episode can be seen as an exploration of theories from modern physics, which in his later years Carl (C. G.) Jung believed were different ways of expressing his idea of the collective unconscious, the way in which we… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 15: “Threshold”

Synopsis: After repeated attacks on Voyager by various Kazon factions, Captain Janeway decides to try to form an alliance with one or more of them. This episode is yet another illustration of what Carl Gustav (C. G.) Jung called individuation, or the union of opposites. These were his terms to describe the way by which… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 14: “Alliances”

Synopsis: Lt. Torres is abducted by a faction of robots and forced to create a robot prototype or Voyager will be destroyed. This episode is an illustration of one of the steps of what Carl Gustav (C. G.) Jung called individuation, or the union of opposites. Which were his terms to describe the way by… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 13: “Prototype”

Synopsis: When an away mission goes awry, Lt. Tuvok and Lt. Torres are captured, while Captain Janeway is aided in their rescue by a man who believes she is his daughter. What happens in this episode is comparable to what happens in a therapeutic analytical psychological setting. One of the steps in healing is called… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 12: “Resistance”