Synopsis: The first contact team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery establishes communication with Species Ten-C while Ruon Tarka takes over Cleveland Booker’s ship for his own mission. This episode can be seen as illustrations of what Carl (C. G.) Jung termed inflation, when the conscious ego identifies with the godlike power of an archetype. In “Species… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 12: “Species Ten-C”
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Star Trek: Picard – Season 2, Episode 1: “The Star Gazer”
Synopsis: An alien species beyond a spacial anomaly contacts Starfleet to ask for Admiral Picard’s help to join the Federation. This episode can be seen as illustration of Carl (C.G.) Jung’s description of how the conscious ego may choose to suppress unconscious material. In “The Star Gazer,” on Earth, it is harvest time at Chateau… Continue reading Star Trek: Picard – Season 2, Episode 1: “The Star Gazer”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 9: “Rubicon”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery is sent to stop Cleveland Booker and Ruon Tarka from destroying the Dark Matter Anomaly. This episode can be seen as illustrating the importance of finding middle ground. This can be compared to James Hillman’s concept of the metaxy, the middle space between the conscious ego and the unconscious. In “Rubicon”… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 9: “Rubicon”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 8: “All In”
Synopsis: Captain Burnham is tasked with locating Cleveland Booker and Ruon Tarka to stop them from using their weapon to destroy the Dark Matter Anomaly. This episode can be seen as various illustrations of James Hillman’s acorn theory—that just as an acorn has everything inside it to become an oak tree, we all have inner… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 8: “All In”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 8: “Time Amok”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Protostar experiences a time anomaly when the ship goes through a tachyon storm. This episode can be seen as an illustration of James Hillman’s acorn theory. In “Time Amok” the U.S.S. Protostar heads into a tachyon storm which results in the crew experiencing a time anomaly, in which the crew members pass… Continue reading Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 8: “Time Amok”
Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 1, Episode 7: “First Con-tact”
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”
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: Discovery Season 4, Episode 6: “Stormy Weather”
Synopsis: The U.S.S. Discovery is trapped in a dangerous subspace rift and Captain Burnham must work with Zora, the sentient being of Discovery’s computer, to escape it. This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the union of opposites, when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates pieces of… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 6: “Stormy Weather”
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 5: “The Examples”
Synopsis: Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker go to a prison colony to evacuate a group of inmates in danger of being wiped out by the dangerous space anomaly, while on the U.S.S. Discovery Dr. Culber helps refugees deal with their feelings and the crew try to determine what species could have created the anomaly. This… Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 5: “The Examples”
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”