Eco-imagination and Sufi Phenomenology

Eco-imagination is the reflection of nature in human thinking. It is the human position concerning the subject–object. Therefore, this point embraces the level of thought, its relationship with nature, and the human ego. The chapter contains three parts. In the first part, we will define the place of man and nature in the hierarchy of creation. In Sufi phenomenology, the human is not a part of the environment such as minerals, plants, and animals but rather divine grading. Although the biological structure of a man is within the material world, he can rise beyond this frame along the line of hierarchy. Man is the creator and destroyer at the same time. In the second part of the chapter, we consider the role of eco-imagination in the development of human thinking. In Sufi phenomenology, every creature has a light. Unlike others, a man can increase his light due to his cognition. Thus, the perception and recognition of an object mean the appropriation of its light. When a man is a creator, he gradually becomes a part of the universal system. When he is a destroyer, he interrupts and stops any process in this system and closes himself in a limited circle. In the third part, we will consider the highest point of cognition—Logos. In Sufi phenomenology, Logos is the world of truth of realized ideas. In summarizing the chapter, the author concludes that Sufi phenomenology provides a view on eco-imagination in the form of a thesis.