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Star Trek: Every Vulcan Ability You Need To Know

Star Trek's iconic emotionless aliens have more powers than you'd think.

The Vulcans are perhaps the most beloved aliens in Star Trek. They were the first alien species created by Gene Roddenberry for The Original Series and instantly became a Trek staple.

Vulcan history is incredibly detailed. Following a long history of violence and war that nearly devastated their species, the Vulcans chose to follow the philosopher, Surak, by suppressing all emotion and embracing logic. The followers of Surak engaged in countless rituals and meditations to completely purge themselves of all emotion, as they saw it as the only way to prevent the extinction of the Vulcan race. Some Vulcans rejected Surak's teachings, though most of these detractors eventually left the planet Vulcan and became the Romulan Star Empire.

However, Vulcans are not only renowned for their strict adherence to logic, but also for their many almost supernatural abilities. Vulcans possess a number of unique physical and mental powers, and this list will be counting down and describing all of them.

As always, live long and prosper.

8. Controlling Emotions

As mentioned earlier, when the philosopher, Surak, introduced the Vulcan society to his belief system of logic and emotional suppression, the species saw it as the only way to save the Vulcan people from themselves.

Naturally, Vulcans have much more intense emotions than most humanoid species. Their violent nature combined with their impressive physical and mental abilities led to a great many wars that devastated the planet for generations. So, although Vulcans may seem completely robotic, this is all just a façade that they maintain to avoid allowing their emotions to control them.

Vulcans work their whole lives to eradicate their emotions, though subtle hints of them remain deep in their minds. Without completing the Vulcan ritual known as Kolinahr, which Spock was never able to do, a Vulcan is still capable of emotional outbursts when dealing with extreme stress.

There have, however, been some Vulcans who've embraced their emotions fully, rejecting the Vulcan way of life, such as Spock's half-brother, Sybok.

Marcia Fry is a writer for WhatCulture and an amateur filmmaker.

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Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness

Take a page from Spock's book to understand the world

This has been a crazy year: a time when the world has proved itself to be unexpected and illogical. In times like this, we could all do with a little perspective and some wisdom, and who better to guide us than Mr. Spock? Imagine how he would react to life today.

The new book, Mr Spock’s Little Book of Mindfulness takes all the Vulcan wisdom we’ve heard over the years and applies it to modern life, often revealing how ridiculous humanity can be and offering us advice about how to be a little more Vulcan.

It turns out that Spock had a lot to say about humanity and the book covers topics such as the need for focus, truth, keeping an open mind and accepting yourself and others. The quotes are all taken from Spock’s onscreen appearances and are accompanied by cartoons showing Vulcan wisdom in action. It will make you smile, and it might even help to make you wise.

Mr Spock’s Little Book of Mindfulness is available now wherever books are sold. Look out for more news about accompanying mugs and T-shirts that will let you take some Vulcan wisdom out into the world.

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Vulcan meditation stone

A Vulcan meditation stone was a slab of polished granite rock from planet Vulcan , used by Vulcans to facilitate meditation .

History and specifics [ ]

In the year 2270 , Commander Spock had a meditation stone in his quarters aboard the Federation starship USS Enterprise . ( TOS novel : The Entropy Effect )

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Vulcan Meditation School: Tuvok teaches you to control fear (VOY 2×22)

The children believe that a monster called the Murrok, who lives in a cave some 20 metres from Tuvok’s crashed shuttle, is responsible.

Tuvok isn’t convinced.

He thinks the Murrok is all in their heads, and tries teaching a meditation to help them control their fear:

TUVOK: Children, you are allowing your fears to guide you. You must learn to exercise control over your own imagination. CORIN: But the Morrok! TUVOK: Yes, the existence of such a creature is one possibility. However, your emotional reactions are preventing you from accurately judging how unlikely that is to be true. CORIN: I can’t help it. I’m scared. TUVOK: I believe you can help it. Vulcan children learn to detach themselves from their emotions at an early age. ELANI: How? TUVOK: First, you must focus on the object of your fear. Picture the Morrok clearly in your minds. That image is accompanied by an emotional response. Describe for me what that feeling is like. TRESSA: It makes my stomach all tight. ELANI: I feel like I want to run, but my legs won’t work. TUVOK: Now, if you could see this emotion in physical form, what would it look like? CORIN: It’s like this big, black cloud with lots of thunder and lightning all around us. TUVOK: Then imagine a strong wind is pushing that cloud away. Watch as your fear grows more distant. It is no longer a part of you. Once you begin to detach yourselves from your emotional responses, you come closer to controlling them. Eventually, they will be eliminated altogether.

Vulcan Meditation School – lessons in fear control

Is this just Vulcan mumbo-jumbo, with no relevance to more round-eared folk? Maybe not.

If we break this down step-by-step, and compare the steps to similar practices in modern psychology and ancient contemplative traditions, we see it makes perfect sense as a means of controlling fear.

It’s a three step training exercise:

• Trigger the fear
• Observe the fear
• Control the fear

This applies to any unpleasant emotion – anger, anxiety, shame, sadness… whatever. But let’s stick with Tuvok’s example.

Step 1: Trigger the fear while in a safe setting

This is a tried and tested technique used by psychologists when treating phobias. You trigger the fear in a safe, training environment, so that you can learn to deal with it.

Then, if that fear crops up in your normal life, you’ve good some tools at the ready to help you deal with it.

As well giving you practice at dealing with fear, the mere effect of exposure to a fear over time tends to reduce its intensity. It’s like how on your first day of a job you’re super nervous, but within a week or two the nerves have usually calmed greatly – perhaps disappeared completely.

With this method, it’s also common to gradually increase strength of the trigger – like weight lifting, where you increase the weights as you get stronger. This is often called “progressive exposure” or “flooding”. It works like this.

Say if you’re scared of spiders. First you might picture one in your mind which triggers a fear response, just as Tuvok intends. So you use your technique to deal with it (we’ll discuss the techniques you can use shortly).

When you’re able to picture a spider without being overwhelmed by fear (which might take days, weeks – however long it takes.), you might look at a picture of one. Again, you use your technique to deal with any emotions that arise.

Next, you might watch a video of a moving spider. Then maybe look at a live Spider in a cage. Then perhaps live one outside of a cage, but not near you. Then you’d get closer… eventually hold one in your hand.

At each step, you’d learn to control the fear before moving on.

Step 2: Observe the physical sensations that the fear creates

This is actually a technique taught in Buddhism and other Eastern religious traditions. As Tuvok observes, emotions leave a “footprint” of sensations in our bodies. And the way we react to these sensations can actually make the emotion get stronger, or weaker.

If you start thinking that these are horrible sensations, you don’t want them there, you can’t handle them, and so on, they often become more intense.

However, if you don’t react and instead just observe them as they are, without judging them as good or bad, they often reduce in intensity.

The idea behind this is that emotions are signals from the brain, intended to guide our behaviour. If we just observe them, it’s like saying “OK, got it, message received.” But if you resist them or wish them to go away, the brain is like “Hmm, the body is not getting my message. I’ll make it louder.”

This usually involves scanning the body and trying to find where the emotion is, and what it is like – again, doing this objectively, and not judging the sensations as good or bad. Where is the fear? How would you describe it? Is it dull, tingly, pulsing, sharp, wide… use whatever words feel right to you.

I found a couple of videos that expands on this. First is a clip of S.N Goenka, a meditation teacher, who discusses observing emotions from a Buddhist perspective. And here’s a guided exercise you can try (it starts with some breathing/relaxation exercises, and then the emotion observation starts about halfway in).

Step 3: Apply a technique to reduce the fear, in this case visualisation

The final step in this Vulcan meditation, is to use a visualisation to remove the fear. First, Tuvok asks the children to imagine their fear in physical form – like a cloud, one of them says. Then he asks them to take control of the visualisation, and blow the cloud away.

So the visualisation you use here will depend on how the fear forms in your mind. If for you it’s a tidal wave, you could use the sun to evaporate the water. If it’s a monster, turn it into a cuddly bear, or change the narrative so that the monster is actually an ally, or a bodyguard.

This method is also useful tool with persistent negative thoughts or memories. Like that when you were 9 years old, and you tripped over and everyone laughed at you. For some reason your brain keeps reminding you of this decades later. Take control of it – it’s your visualisation after all!

Make the people help you up and ask if you’re OK. Make Tuvok catch you on the way down. Or just change the whole thing to a completely different scene – instead of people, they are all penguins wearing bowler hats playing the banjo, or something.

If the emotion is very strong, you could also try playing a visuo-spatial game like Tetris , immediately after triggering the emotion.

Can you eliminate negative emotions?

At the end of his lesson, Tuvok suggests it’s possible to eliminate emotions altogether. Now this part might be unique to alien races.

Emotions, even unpleasant ones, are a part of life. You’ll experience more unpleasant emotions in your life, and some very pleasant ones too. They will come and go, just as every emotion you’ve ever felt in your entire life, has come and gone.

It isn’t even wise to eliminate emotions completely. Fear serves a purpose – it alerts us to danger, and gets us ready to deal with it, usually through fight or flight. It’s a alarm, honed over millions of years of evolution to guide us.

Problems arise when these emotion systems get a little trigger happy – firing up at times when they are not really needed.

Like a job interview – nerves are not much use then. Your brain just doesn’t interpret the modern world that well. It thinks you’re being brought before the tribal elders, who are going to judge your fate or something.

It’s times like these where Tuvok’s technique comes in handy.

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Within the expansive Star Trek universe created in the late 1960s by Gene Roddenberry , there are numerous various alien races capable, in various degrees, of telepathic communication. Most notable using these are the strikingly humanoid Batazoids , the Talosians, and of course the Vulcans. Each race presents a unique and interesting variation on telepathy, and different ways in which they use it to communicate with both one another and different races.

While the Talosians and the Melkotiams utilized their telepathic abilities for destructive purposes, weaponizing it to create powerful illusions, others used it for peace or at least for less nefarious purposes. The Vulcan mind meld is one such example, but what exactly is it, and how does it work?

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The mind meld is a telepathic link formed between two individuals, allowing for the exchange of thoughts and sometimes feelings, often at a deeply intimate level. The aim of a successful meld is that the two separate minds become one, sharing one merged consciousness. The meld was most often used between Vulcans as a private exchange, not to be shared or used on non-Vulcans. Despite this, the technique has been used countless times over the various series on other humanoid species . It was even possible for some other telepathically capable species to learn the mind meld themselves — most notably an android, as shown in the first season of Picard.

The theory is one thing, but the technique behind the meld is another, and acts as possibly one of the most iconic actions within Star Trek . To perform the meld, it’s most common for the initiator to place their fingers and thumbs in specific locations on the head of the other participant. It’s often also helpful for the instigator to use the mantra:

“My mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts.”

Despite this being the iconic look for the meld, it’s not always required, but the physical contact enhances the telepathic effectiveness considerably. When the meld is used within the private life of two Vulcans, the point is to achieve one consciousness and become one mind. On the other hand, when using the technique to mind meld with others to gain information (as is often done during the series), it’s possible for the initiator to put up a mental shield over their own mind, protecting them from being probed by the mind of those who they are probing.

Shielding is difficult, especially when trying to concentrate on a successful meld without any of the sometimes unfortunate side effects. Often the shield is penetrated somewhat during the meld and emotions, memories, and thoughts are often leaked through into the mind of the subject. An example of this is seen in the Kelvin timeline , where Spock accident leaked through some emotions while mind melding with Kirk. Some races, such as the Cardassians, are highly resistant to the mind meld, being very good at shielding their thoughts from the technique. This was shown most notably during the episode “The Maquis, Part II” from Deep Space 9 , where Cardassian Gul Dukat ( instigator of one of the most tragic moments in Star Trek history ) is being interrogated, and blocks an attempted meld from the Vulcan Sakonna. The bounty hunter race Hazari were also resistant to the mind meld.

While a highly effective method of getting information or sharing an unexplainable experience, the Vulcan mind meld was an often dangerous technique. There were various side effects that could affect even the most experienced of melders. It was often exhausting for both parties involved, physically and mentally. The melding could also result in a disorientation, with the occasional loss of identity and inability to break free from the meld. Sometimes even when the meld was completed, a portion of the person's consciousness, or “katra” as the Vulcans call it, could be lost within the mind of the other. Another potential side effect could be caused by inexperienced melders, and was called Pa’nar Syndrome, a degenerative neurological disorder that could be fatal if left untreated.

The history of this technique's use is hardly explored within the franchise. Audiences know only what is actively shown within the TV shows and various movies . While the mind meld is fairly commonplace within chronologically later shows such as The Original Series, and The Next Generation, it was revealed within Enterprise that during the 22nd century (when the series was set) the technique was considered a “deviant” practice. Only a small portion of the Vulcan population was able to perform it, and those that did were considered outcasts due to its deeply intimate nature. It’s unclear whether before this period of time when the meld was disapproved of if this was something Vulcans were taught or trained in, or what exactly happened to change the cultures views of the act, but it was deeply taboo.

Thankfully this aversion to the technique stopped sometime in the 23rd century, and became a staple of the franchise. The Vulcan mind meld stands alongside the other amazing creations such as the teleportation devices and highly intricate yet complete Klingon language , as one of the things that makes Star Trek feel unique.

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Ensign Vorik during pon farr

The pon farr was a Vulcan time of mating , and the rituals following it were shrouded under a veil of mystery and secrecy. It was considered to be a very private matter within Vulcan society, so much that only a handful of Starfleet doctors had ever handled it. Among themselves, Vulcans found it inappropriate to involve themselves with another's pon farr . ( TOS : " Amok Time "; VOY : " Blood Fever ")

• 1 Biology of pon farr
• 2 Rituals surrounding pon farr
• 4.1 Background information
• 4.2 Apocrypha
• 4.3 External link

Biology of pon farr [ ]

T'Pol during her pon farr

During pon farr , adult Vulcans undergo a neurochemical imbalance that can take on a form of madness (culminating in the plak tow ). A Vulcan could die within eight days if their pon farr is not satiated. ( TOS : " Amok Time "; VOY : " Blood Fever ") Vulcan males experienced pon farr every seven years of their adult life. ( TOS : " The Cloud Minders "; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )

The imbalance during pon farr can be transferred to others via a telepathic mating bond . It can also be transferred to other species during the same telepathic bond. ( VOY : " Blood Fever ") Certain microbes are also known to trigger pon farr prematurely. ( ENT : " Bounty ")

Also during this period, the affected Vulcan's cortical levels rise and fall, as the brain 's regulatory system appears to shut down when serotonin levels became unbalanced. ( VOY : " Blood Fever ")

Vulcan females also endure pon farr . ( ENT : " Fallen Hero ") Normally, their hormones and endorphins rise to dangerous levels. Like males, females had to mate or otherwise receive treatment to survive. ( ENT : " Bounty ")

One way to interpret pon farr is that Vulcans only have sex once every seven years. However, TOS writer and continuity story editor D.C. Fontana once explained that pon farr is not the only time Vulcans feel romantic attraction, sexual desire, or engage in sexual activity:

" Vulcans mate normally any time they want to. However, every seven years you do the ritual, the ceremony, the whole thing. The biological urge. You must, but any other time is any other emotion – humanoid emotion – when you're in love . When you want to, you know when the urge is there, you do it. This every-seven-years business was taken too literally by too many people who don't stop and understand. We didn't mean it only every seven years. I mean, every seven years would be a little bad, and it would not explain the Vulcans of many different ages which are not seven years apart. " – D.C. Fontana ( Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages )

Rituals surrounding pon farr [ ]

During ancient, pre- Surak , times, Vulcans typically killed to win their mates. After the Time of Awakening , the koon-ut-kal-if-fee was adopted, and many Vulcans became telepathically bonded at youth. ( TOS : " Amok Time ") In the early stages of mating, Vulcans generally touched fingers before touching their faces together. ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ) There were three options open to Vulcans that usually ended a pon farr : ( VOY : " Blood Fever ")

• Taking a mate
• Participating in a kal-if-fee
• Intensive meditation

Notable instances of pon farr [ ]

In 2153 , Sub-Commander T'Pol of Enterprise underwent pon farr after exposure to an unusual microbe. She was confined to Decon and treated by Doctor Phlox . Her premature pon farr ended when the microbes were eliminated. ( ENT : " Bounty ")

In the mirror universe , Lieutenant Commander T'Pol of the ISS Enterprise underwent pon farr at some point before 2155 . She was assisted through this period by Commander Charles Tucker several times. ( ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly ")

On stardate 3372.7 , Spock had his first pon farr during a historic five-year mission which the USS Enterprise was undertaking. At the time, Captain James T. Kirk was under direct orders from Starfleet to proceed directly to Altair VI for an inauguration ceremony, with no time to stop off at Vulcan , but after coaxing Spock into telling him what was happening to him, Kirk took Spock to Vulcan anyway, knowingly risking his career. Spock invited Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy to attend his koon-ut-kal-if-fee ceremony.

At the ceremony, hosted by Vulcan Ambassador T'Pau , Spock's betrothed, T'Pring , claimed kal-if-fee and chose Kirk as her champion , in a move calculated to ensure that she would have her desired mate, Stonn , regardless of the outcome of the fight. During the fight, McCoy dosed Kirk with a neural paralyzer , and Spock seemingly killed Kirk, breaking his plak tow . When he returned to the Enterprise , intending to immediately surrender himself to the authorities, Spock was delighted to find that Kirk was alive and well, after all. ( TOS : " Amok Time ")

On stardate 8210.3 , the regenerated but mindless body of Captain Spock experienced the pon farr on planet Genesis . Lieutenant Saavik was present and assisted Spock through this time. ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )

There is a discrepancy between Spock's first pon farr and the nominal definition. Spock was in his thirties (at least) when he underwent pon farr in "Amok Time". He speculated that his " Human blood " might spare him having to undergo it at all. However, on the Genesis planet, young Spock underwent pon farr while apparently in his teens (which would be correct according to the definition, just after the onset of puberty). The unstable nature of the ongoing Genesis effect on the planet might explain the discrepancy, or the cycle might start seven years after the onset of puberty, which would push his age into the late teens or early twenties.

Tuvok went through pon farr in 2304 . He took his mate, T'Pel , at this time. ( VOY : " Ex Post Facto ", " Flashback ")

Tuvok and T'Pel conceived Asil following his eleventh pon farr . ( VOY : " Alice ")

Assuming the standard seven-year cycle, Tuvok's first pon farr must have been in the decades prior to his marriage in 2304. It likely occurred in 2280 or 2287 .

In 2370 , Tuvok underwent pon farr . He informed Kathryn Janeway that he was suffering from Tarkalean flu .

On stardate 54238.3 , Tuvok began the early stages of another pon farr . Since he was stranded aboard the USS Voyager in the Delta Quadrant , returning to Vulcan was impossible. He intended to control his pon farr with a combination of disciplined meditation and specially prepared medication. His neurotransmitters did not absorb the medication, and The Doctor was not present to prescribe an alternative. Tom Paris designed a hologram of T'Pel to handle the situation. Tuvok once again claimed to be suffering from the Tarkalean flu, although this time around, Janeway privately revealed that she was fully aware of the true circumstance in both instances. ( VOY : " Body and Soul ")

The cycle seems to be off by three or four years. If the 2304 date for pon farr (established in " Alice " and " Flashback ") is correct, then Tuvok would have undergone pon farr in 2374 . However, this assumes that pon farr occurs with a frequency of exactly seven years. The few years' difference could have been made up by fourteen cycles of accumulating rounding errors.

On stardate 50537.2 , Ensign Vorik of the USS Voyager underwent his first pon farr . Due to Voyager 's presence in the Delta Quadrant, he was unable to return to Vulcan and mate with his intended . He declared koon-ut-so'lik , a marriage proposal, to B'Elanna Torres , in order to gain a mate.

Vorik was injured unconsciously attempting to form a telepathic mating bond with Torres. While in sickbay , The Doctor determined that Vorik was undergoing pon farr . Vorik noted his intention to satiate his needs through meditation. He was confined to his quarters and wore a cortical monitor .

After discovering from Tuvok that Torres had also undergone pon farr , Vorik had trouble maintaining his composure. The Doctor began administering medication to control Vorik's serotonin levels. The Doctor also designed a holographic Vulcan named T'Pera to serve as Vorik's " self-healing " technique.

The Doctor declared Vorik cured of his pon farr when his cortical levels nearly stabilized following mating with T'Pera. This was a ruse, however, in order to transport to a nearby planet and attempt, once more, to mate with Torres.

After disabling communications, Vorik arrived at the planet. Once he learned that Torres intended to declare Tom Paris as her mate, Vorik declared koon-ut-kal-if-fee . Torres chose herself as champion, and the kal-if-fee was officiated by Tuvok. Vorik was knocked unconscious by Torres, and his pon farr ended. ( VOY : " Blood Fever ")

Sek , child of Tuvok, underwent pon farr between 2371 and 2374 . His mate conceived a child, T'Meni , from this union. This news was delivered to Tuvok in 2374, on board the USS Voyager , via the Hirogen communications network . ( VOY : " Hunters ")

Appendices [ ]

Background information [ ].

Originally, the Vulcan time of mating was to have been called "Amok-Time" and was said to affect Vulcan males "about once every 26 years." Gene Roddenberry described it that way in a memo he wrote to Gene Coon (on 5 December 1966 ).

Both the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " Amok Time " and the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock state that pon farr is particular to Vulcan males. This is, therefore, at odds with ENT : " Bounty ", in which pon farr is attributed to both sexes.

Pon farr is also mentioned in the Star Trek: Voyager episodes " Gravity " and " Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy ". It was additionally referenced in the first draft script of the ultimately undeveloped TAS episode "Point of Extinction".

In one draft of the script for the film Star Trek , screenwriters and producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman made a reference to pon farr . " We [...] thought we should save it instead, " the writers said of the reference. ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 149 , p. 13)

Apocrypha [ ]

In the Pocket TOS novel Savage Trade , it was revealed that the mating bond did not affect Vulcans who were twins , as they already shared a similar platonic mental connection.

The alternate reality Star Trek: Ongoing comic book " After Darkness " featured a story arc in which some Vulcans rejected the teachings of Surak due to their emotions about the destruction of their homeworld . Subsequently, they formed a group called the Sasaud ( β ) and turned feral. Spock briefly joined the group during his pon farr . This storyline also established that part of pon farr involved returning to Vulcan itself, with part of the current problem being the Vulcans' inability to return to their original homeworld following its destruction. Carol Marcus was able to devise a "treatment" where a transporter could be modulated to essentially recreate the conditions of beaming to Vulcan so that they could "trick" those suffering from pon farr into "believing" that they were home.

In House of Cards , the first part of the initial Star Trek: New Frontier novel series, Dr. Selar undergoes pon farr two years prior to her assignment to the Excalibur ( β ) and returns to Vulcan to mate with her husband, Voltak. During the course of their mating, Voltak suffers a massive heart attack and dies. This leaves Selar ( β ) having not completed pon farr , which she begins to suffer again two years later.

External link [ ]

• Pon farr at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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