Category: Star Trek: Voyager

Synopsis: Voyager comes across a 1936 Ford pick-up truck floating in space with an SOS call on its radio which leads her crew to a planet inhabited by humans. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would describe as how a complex allows the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2, Episode 1: “The 37’s”

Synopsis: Lt. Tuvok is tasked with training some recalcitrant former Maquis crewmembers in the ways of Starfleet, while Voyager suffers from an infection in her bio-packs. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens during what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites, or the transcendent function. Which is… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 16: “Learning Curve”

Synopsis: The scientist who created the weapon that killed Neelix’s family comes aboard Voyager to try to make amends. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call inflation. Inflation is the identification with the power of an archetypal god and is a necessary phase in the process… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 15: “Jetrel”

Synopsis: A Vidiian scientist splits Lt. Torres into two bodies, one fully Klingon and one fully human. This episode, which harkens back to the episode “The Enemy Within” from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, can be seen as an illustration of the importance of honoring both the Logos-driven rational conscious ego… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”

Synopsis: Commander Chakotay is psychically damaged when an alien intruder invades a shuttlecraft and then tries to take over Voyager. This episode, although it is not a perfect analogy, can be seen as an illustration of different ways that the Logos-driven rational conscious ego responds to bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, as… Continue reading Star Trek Voyager – Season 1, Episode 13: “Cathexis”

Synopsis: Captain Janeway and Lt. Torres beam a sample from a protostar aboard Voyager, not realizing it is a living being. This episode, much like the previous episodes, can be seen initially as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. It can… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 12: “Heroes and Demons”

Synopsis: An alien ship blows up after it acquires technology from Voyager and Captain Janeway orders an investigation. This episode, much like the previous episode “Prime Factors,” can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven rational conscious ego. In “State of Flux”… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 11: “State of Flux”

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across an alien species that has superior transportation technology and its own version of the Prime Directive that will not allow them to share it with other species. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call an occurrence of one-sidedness of the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 10: “Prime Factors”

Synopsis: Ensign Kim is caught in a subspace vacuole while trying to transport back to Voyager. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls a complex can operate as a vessel that brings bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious to the attention of the Logos-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 9: “Emanations”

Synopsis: Lt. Paris is accused of the murder of a scientist who is the husband of a beautiful woman on an alien planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung calls projection. Projection in depth psychological terms is when one sees in another something that is coming up… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto”