Jung and Star Trek: the coincidentia oppositorum and images of the shadow.

An examination of the interpretation of C.G. Jung's archetype of the shadow in two episodes of the original Star Trek series. Both episodes address the confrontation and assimilation of the shadow by the ego, which initiates the process leading to psychic wholeness and mental health. This issue is...

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Published in:Journal of Popular Culture Vol. 28; pp. 169 - 185
Main Authors: Woods, Louis A., Harmon, Gary L.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Fall94
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