UNION IN THE DOCTRINE OF MUHYI-D-DIN IBN ‘ARABI 101

ticn of God, for, by the enunciation of the Name of
God, man assimilates to himself the Divine Presence.!
The Christian Eucharist clearly symbolises the same
aspect of Union.

1. ‘““Man shall not live by the bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (St. Matthew’s Gospel, IV, and
Deuteronomy, VIII, 3 ).