<![CDATA[This study examines how ritual practitioners interpret the sacred landscape of Mount Arjuno and how these meanings can be reconsidered through Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Islamic ecological thought. An interpretive ethnographic approach combined participant observation, in-depth interviews with four purposively selected informants, documentation, and a literature-based interpretation of Nasr’s work. Fieldwork took place in Tambaksari Village and nearby sacred sites in East Java from February 14 to May 8, 2026. Accounts of the 1 Suro ritual were reconstructed from interviews and documentation rather than direct observation of that event. The findings identify four related meanings: respect for the mountain and ancestors, self-purification, the maintenance of harmonious relations, and moral restraint in sacred space. These meanings resonate with Nasr’s critique of the desacralization of nature, but local ancestral cosmology cannot be equated with his metaphysical concepts. The study therefore identifies an interpretive potential for ecological ethics rather than demonstrating measurable conservation outcomes. It argues for distinguishing practitioners’ accounts, philosophical interpretation, and evidence of environmental practice when examining the relationship between local ritual and ecological responsibility]]>
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