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Nancy Qualls-Corbett, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst and author in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama.
Born in 1932, she began her career in nursing and went on to study psychology at the University of North Alabama where she earned a master’s degree in counseling.
She then trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, earning a diploma in analytical psychology – the degree of a Jungian analyst – in 1981. She went on to continue her education, later receiving a doctorate in analytical psychology from the Union Graduate University.
Having a penchant for acting since high school, she played judge Hesther Solomon in the Alabama Tri-Cities Little Theater production of Equus by Peter Shaffer. And in 2012, she participated in a reading of Elizabeth Clark-Stern’s play, Out of the Shadows: A Story of Toni Wolff & Emma Jung, for the Jung Society of Atlanta.
Dr. Qualls-Corbett served for many years on the faculty of the New Orleans Jungian Seminar and held several positions with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, having sat on their executive, review, admissions, and ethics committees.
She is the author of two titles from Inner City Books – The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine, published in 1988, and Awakening Woman: Dreams & Individuation, published in 2002. An interview with Dr. Qualls-Corbett appears in Vol. 2 of Living with Jung by Robert and Janis Henderson (out of print), and her essay, “Redeeming the Feminine: Eros & the World Soul,” was published by Fisher King Press in the book, The Dream & Its Amplification, edited by Jungian analysts Erel Shalit and Nancy Swift Furlotti.
Dr. Qualls-Corbett has lectured throughout the United States and, combining her love of mythology and travel, has led seminar groups in Greece, Egypt, Italy, and France. She is a noted lecturer on Mary Magdalene, Dionysus, and the Villa of Mysteries. In 2021, she presented a four-part series on Mary Magdalene for the Friends of Jung-South. Her lectures included “Mary Magdalene & the da Vinci Code,” “Despairing Love,” “Why We Need a Penitent Whore,” and “Our Psychological Symbols from Science & Theology.”
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. It’s 01:03:19 long and 50.1 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or download it directly to your computer.
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SHOW NOTES
Marion Woodman Jungian analyst
Daryl Sharp Jungian analyst and publisher
Woman’s Mysteries: Ancient & Modern by M. Esther Harding, M.D., Jungian analyst (Definition of virgin: “The woman who is virgin, one-in-herself, does what she does, not because of any desire to please, not to be liked, or to be approved, even by herself; not because of any desire to gain power over another, to catch his interest or love, but because what she does is true.” p. 125)
Two Essays on Analytical Psychology by C.G. Jung (“Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power is paramount, love is lacking. The one is but the shadow of the other: the man who adopts the standpoint of Eros finds his compensatory opposite in the will to power, and that of the man who puts the accent on power is Eros.” par. 78)
The Da Vinci Code Novel by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code Film by Ron Howard
Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer Provence, France
The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene by Claire Nahmad & Margaret Bailey
The Higgs boson Discovered at CERN in 2012
Laura London on Twitter Book giveaway starts Thursday, Jan. 27. Winner chosen Friday, Jan. 28. Enter by retweeting.
BOOKS
The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine Inner City Books, 1988
Awakening Woman: Dreams & Individuation Inner City Books, 2002 (with Leila McMackin)
Inner City Books Purchase directly from Inner City Books
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Erotic Transference & Countertransference: Issues of Ethics & Soul by Nancy Qualls-Corbett, A View from the Bridge: Where Do We Go from Here, Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, Boulder, Colorado, October 18-21, 2000 (full text)
The Church of Mary Magdalene Rennes-le-Château, France
The Church of Mary Magdalene Jerusalem
Shining Light Dolls – Saints Including Mary Magdalene with a red egg (also as a charm and a magnet)
Shining Light Dolls – The Virgin Mary Virgin Marys Around the World
Magdalene Underground Tanya Torres’ Etsy Shop: Art and poetry honoring Mary Magdalene with the intention of bringing love, peace and joy into the world