Category: Star Trek: Voyager

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew locates the family of Icheb, one of the young former Borg drones that recently came aboard the ship, but Icheb’s parents have their own agenda. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman’s acorn theory. The idea that just as an acorn has all the information inside… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 19: “Child’s Play”

Synopsis: A Voyager crewmember thought to be long dead returns to Voyager in an altered state. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the ongoing individuation process, which is when bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious come to the attention of the Logos-driven rational conscious… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 18: “Ashes to Ashes”

Synopsis: The Fair Haven holodeck program breaks down. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of a complex. A complex, in Jungian terms, is not necessarily negative. It instead can be seen as a learning opportunity, being one way in which bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 17: “Spirit Folk”

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew comes across a group of adolescent Borg drones severed from the Collective and Seven of Nine is looked upon for guidance as to how to handle the situation. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of projection. Projection allows bits of material from the Eros-driven… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 16: “Collective”

Synopsis: Seven of Nine is abducted by a fighting troop and forced to engage in a battle to the death. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how when bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious are acknowledged and integrated into the Logos-driven rational conscious ego, that the psyche can become more… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 15: “Tsunkatse”

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew feels as if they are reliving a battle that they never actually fought. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept that our Eros-driven irrational unconscious holds, among other archetypes, patterns of ancestral and generational psychic wounds. In “Memorial” Commander Chakotay, Ensign Harry Kim, Ensign Tom… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 14: “Memorial”

Synopsis: The Doctor helps an alien race appreciate music, which they have never experienced until they overhear him sing. As the title of this episode may indicate, similar to the last one, “Blink of an Eye,” this can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of inflation. Inflation is when the… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 13: “Virtuoso”

Synopsis: Voyager’s crew discovers a planet with a civilization advancing at an incredibly fast pace. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of inflation. Inflation is when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego identifies too closely with the archetypal energy patterns that occur in the Eros-driven irrational unconscious. In… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 12: “Blink of an Eye”

Synopsis: Captain Janeway finds romance in a holodeck program This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of the animus, the idealized inner other male that resides in the Eros-driven irrational unconscious of an individual that identifies as female. In “Fair Haven” Ensign Tom Paris creates a new holodeck… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 11: “Fair Haven”

Synopsis: Lt. Barclay, now serving at Starfleet Headquarters, devises a way to communicate with Voyager and her crew in the Delta Quadrant. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of a complex works to allow the Logos-driven rational conscious ego to acknowledge and integrate into itself bits… Continue reading Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 10: “Pathfinder”