Many writers have tried their hand at the whole metaphor-relating-nature-to-some-kind-of-overarching-spirituality thing, but few, if any, have been as successful as Annie Dillard in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. What I like best about the book is that, while it is mostly centered around Judeo-Christian viewpoints, it achieves a wide arch by occasionally citing outside of that context, exploring the Koran and Darwin's Origin of the Species within its pages. Still, perhaps the best part is her interpolation of Jaboc taking the speckled lambs.
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