Analyze Pilgrim at Tinker Creek as a spiritual excursion into the natural world.

As much as Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is about science and the environment, it is also about how God works His magic in His mysterious ways. After all, the book is not just about Tinker Creek, it is about a pilgrimage to Tinker Creek. God shows His presence in the mysteries that can and cannot be solved. God is abundant and good, yet it becomes clear that His creation is a world where violence is an absolute necessity for survival. Just as there is beauty in the sunrise and sunset, so is there danger in the presence of poisonous snakes and the marital problems of a praying mantis and her mate. God is everywhere that this pilgrim turns and sometimes His presence explains the awe and wonder she sees and sometimes it does not. Every circumstance is a majestic thing of beauty on some level, however.