Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 2: “Scheherazade”

Synopsis: Khan takes McGivers with him on a survey expedition and discovers more than he bargained for. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s concept of typology. How each of us have traits that seem to come more naturally to us and others that are difficult for us to… Continue reading Star Trek: Khan – Season 1, Episode 2: “Scheherazade”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 4: “A Space Adventure Hour”

Synopsis: While the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew is studying a neutron star, Captain Pike assigns Lt. Noonien-Singh the task of testing a prototype hologram program. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material into itself through the process… Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 4: “A Space Adventure Hour”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 14: “Cracked Mirror”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar and her crew are reunited with the the U.S.S. Voyager and her crew, but only after going through some unexpected detours. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the unconscious shadow In “Cracked Mirror,” the U.S.S. Protostar has finally arrived at the coordinates… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 14: “Cracked Mirror”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 12: “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”

Synopsis: The Infinity crew work with Captain Chakotay to repair the Protostar’s warp drive. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed the union of opposites—the conscious and the unconscious—facilitated by the transcendent function. In “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II,” on the planet Ysida, the Infinity… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 12: “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 10: “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”

Synopsis: Infinity, Voyager, and their crews are attacked by Looms, a species of beings able to manipulate time itself. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the collective unconscious. “The Devourer of All Things, Part II” begins with the Infinity crew and Wesley Crusher finding themselves in… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 10: “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 8: “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”

Synopsis: The crew of the Infinity travel to a colony of non-corporeal beings, who have sent a telepathic message to Fugitive Zero telling them that they can help them. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed the union of opposites—the conscious and the unconscious—facilitated by the transcendent… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, Episode 8: “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 6: “Kobayashi”

Synopsis: After the crew comes to Dal R’El to tell him that they want to go to the Federation for help, he discovers the Starfleet training program for the Kobayashi Maru scenario in the holodeck and tries to defeat it. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s theory that the opposition… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 6: “Kobayashi”

Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Dreamcatcher”

Synopsis: Dal R’El and the rest of the crew visit an uninhabited planet. This episode can be seen as an illustration of Carl (C. G.) Jung’s later understanding of the collective unconscious, as something that we are all a part of. In “Dreamcatcher,” the sensors on the U.S.S. Protostar discover an M-class planet, and Hologram… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 4: “Dreamcatcher”

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 7: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is hailed by Queen Paolana of Hysperia asking for repairs for her ship the Monaveen, while Ensigns Mariner and Boimler are tasked with bringing a sentient computer to the Daystrom Institute. This episode can be seen as an illustration of how James Hillman described the archetypal need for the Puer,or eternal… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 7: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 8 “The Sanctuary”

Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery travels to Kwejian to try to free it from the oppression of Osyraa and the Emerald Chain. This episode can also be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the collective unconscious in his later writings. In “The Sanctuary,” Cleveland (Book) Booker receives a message from his… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 8 “The Sanctuary”