Abstract: The Pilgrims Progress stands out as a landmark in the history of British literature. In spite of its considerable research， the exploration from the perspectives of the author as well as the readers thinking and cognition remains to be done. The theory of cognitive space put forward by Mark Turner in The Literary Mind provides a theoretical foundation for such studies. As reflected in the novel texts， the projection mode from the source space to the target space， the blending of multiple spaces which gives rise to rich meanings and the readers comprehensive cognition across spaces through imagination reveal that the thinking modes of Bunyans creation and the readers understanding are closely connected with the space， so as to interpret the creation and understanding thought from a new angle and illustrate that the cognition by means of space is peoples fundamental way of thinking.

Key words: The Pilgrims Progress, Mark Turner, space, thinking, cognition