Sun House – A Conversation with David James Duncan

Although the ecological sphere has long declared the need for a
shift in consciousness if we are to survive the myriad crises we’ve
ignited, this conversation often lacks examples of what this change
in consciousness might be like as a lived, embodied experience.
This week, author of the cult classics The Brothers K and The River
Why, David James Duncan, joins the podcast to speak about his new
epic novel, Sun House—a story following the journeys of an eclectic
collection of characters, each seeking Truth and meaning, who come
together to form an unintentional community in rural Montana. David
talks about the impetus behind the novel to impart an experiential
model of contemplative inner life that might help navigate a future
of social, cultural, and ecological unraveling that looms large.
Wide-ranging and tender, the conversation explores how the wisdom
of the great mystics—from Zen master Dōgen to the
thirteenth-century Christian theologian Meister Eckhart and the
Beguines—can be relevant in uncovering responses to the crises we
face. Read the transcript. Photo by Chris La Tray. Learn more about
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