Understand how our national identities can help us heal and transform-and why humankind's shared future on this planet depends on it.

We're in the midst of a global evolution into a new sense of identity and belonging on this planet. We all become more interconnected at every turn. And although we may not realize it, our national identity plays a major role in how we reconsider what it means to coexist on Earth.

Globalization has advanced to where we're starting to outgrow traditional nations and cultures altogether. Humans seem to be entering a new stage of evolutionary consciousness: one shared global identity. How can we prepare ourselves to make this major transition an enriching experience for all?

In The Soul of Nations, award-winning German-American author and workshop leader Wolfgang Aurose carves out a new evolutionary understanding of the nation-state and our national identity.

The book draws upon the principles of Integral Philosophy-which contends that the evolution of human consciousness and culture has now outpaced biological human evolution-to explain why our capacity as individuals to heal and transform is so closely fused to our national identities.

We each must work to understand, accept, and process the soul of our own nation-its unique soul qualities as well as its "shadows," or dark, painful history-to move forward as a peaceful, interconnected humankind.

The Soul of Nations features examples of Integral healing and transformation happening right now in countries as diverse as the US, China, India, Russia, Iran, Germany, Colombia, and Israel.

These case studies demonstrate how Integral work is a crucial and underutilized method we can use straight away to address one of the most pressing global challenges of today.