Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar crew is contacted by a former mentor of Dal R’El. This episode can be seen as an illustration of two of James Hillman’s theories – that our psyches are made up of different archetypal energies and of the relationship of the Great Mother archetype to the Puer, or eternal youth, archetype.… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 7: “First Con-tact”
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Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 3: “Choose to Live”
Synopsis: Lt. Commander Stamets and Cleveland Booker travel to Ni’Var on a scientific mission, Captain Burnham and her mother are sent to capture a Qowat Milat nun, while on the U.S.S. Discovery the consciousness of Gray Tal is integrated into a new body. This episode can be seen as various illustrations of what can happen… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 3: “Choose to Live”
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 10: “First First Contact”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with aiding the U.S.S. Archimedes on a first contact mission. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what can happen when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates fragments of unconscious material into itself. In “First First Contact,” The U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with aiding an Excelsior-class starship,… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 2, Episode 10: “First First Contact”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 2: “Far from Home”
Synopsis: Discovery arrives in the future and crash lands on a planet. This episode can also be seen as illustrations of what James Hillman called the acorn theory, that just as an acorn has everything it needs inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner daimons that have all the information we… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 2: “Far from Home”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: “The Sound of Thunder”
Synopsis: A signal from the Red Angel appears over Kaminar and Commander Saru goes back to his homeworld. This episode can be seen as an illustration of a tale told by the nineteenth century Hindu mystic Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa of the tiger and the goats. A tiger was born in a herd of goats and… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 6: “The Sound of Thunder”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 13: “What’s Past is Prologue”
Synopsis: Captain Lorca’s plot to overthrow the Terran Emperor in the mirror universe is thwarted and the U.S.S. Discovery returns to its own universe. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called a cultural complex, a psychic wound that is shared by an entire society. In “What’s Past… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 13: “What’s Past is Prologue”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 12: “Vaulting Ambition”
Synopsis: Lt. Stamets realizes the extent of the mycelial network and that it is being threatened. This episode can be seen as an illustration of the later teachings of Carl (C. G.) Jung, who put forth the idea that the collective unconscious was something that all humans and potentially all life were in, and that… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 12: “Vaulting Ambition”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 10: “Despite Yourself”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery and her crew find themselves in a mirror universe. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C.G.) Jung would call a complex, when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of unconscious material that have been brough to its attention. In “Despite Yourself”Captain Gabriel Lorca and the… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 10: “Despite Yourself”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 8: “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”
Synopsis: The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to the planet Pahvo to find a way to penetrate Klingon cloaking technology. This episode can be seen as another illustration of what can happen when a conscious ego is overwhelmed by unconscious material. In “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”Starfleet finds itself losing the war with… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 8: “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 7: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”
Synopsis: Lt. Stamets is the only one aboard Discovery that sees that the ship is experiencing a repeating time loop. This episode can be seen as another illustration of how individuals are all connected by a common collective unconscious. In “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery is throwing… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 7: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”
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