Meditations with Animals: A Native American Bestiary Book

Patton's premise, that there is a fundamental tie between religious and societal views of the ocean as a receptacle for catharsis, be it pollution or sin, is interesting and well-supported. We believe that the ocean's characteristics, namely its size, turbulence, depth, etc., allow it to swallow up all of humanities sins (or waste) ("the solution to pollution is dilution"). Of course, now we are finding that this is not true. My major qualm with this book is that although the premise is well-developed, it never takes the next step towards implications. It seems like half a book, which is why I cannot bring myself to rate it higher...