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CHAPTER SEVEN
Hell Walks and Star Treks
James T. Kirk
The USS Enterprise has been hijacked by a rogue Vulcan, Sybok. His
long, flowing hair and robes seduce us into thinking that Sybok is a guru
with a cause. In the opening scene, we are introduced to J’Onn, who joins
Sybok’s cause. He is taught by Sybok about a secret power within every
person that, when engaged, brings about emotional and psychological
healing.
When Spock runs into Sybok we learn that Sybok is his long-lost
brother, a revolutionary thinker who believes that harnessing emotions is
more powerful than harnessing reason. Using an outlawed Vulcan ritual,
Sybok is able to merge his mind with others and free them from their
secret emotional and psychological pain.
In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , deemed both a cult classic and the
worst Star Trek movie ever made, Sybok has taken over the Enterprise and
its crew with his mind magic. They are flying the ship through the stars
to the outer border of the known galaxy, the Great Barrier, a curtain of
shifting energy that no one has ever penetrated. We hold our breath, sure
that the ship will be torn to pieces as it slices into the barrier.
But the Enterprise makes it through and we begin a journey into the
realm where no one has gone before. As the ship thrusts toward a glowing
white planet in this virgin realm, we learn that Sybok has been called
in a vision to seek the mythical planet Sha Ka Ree. This planet is where
Sybok believes the source of all existence, the great God of many names