Tonight, on the 14th day of the Hebrew month, we are on a mission to complete a moonlight hike, something that can properly take place only when the moon is high and bright in the sky. Although the night of the full moon is ideal for this adventure (usually, the 15th of the Hebrew month), a nearly full moon works almost as well. This cross-cultural reverence highlights the name’s ability to resonate sleeping with hands above head people from various backgrounds and belief systems. The mystical aspects of numerology and astrology add another layer of spiritual depth to the name Benjamin. This path, while rewarding, comes with its own set of unique challenges that require wisdom and perseverance to overcome. The Biblical narrative surrounding Benjamin adds layers of spiritual depth to the name.

Samhain is a spiritual celebration of the cycles of life and the spirit world, while Halloween is a modern, more commercialized version that blends both ancient traditions and more lighthearted activities. Halloween, on the other hand, is the modern, secularized version of Samhain, influenced by Christian traditions. It became known as "All Hallows’ Eve" (the night before All Saints’ Day on November 1) and gradually evolved into the Halloween we know today, focusing more on fun, costumes, and trick-or-treating. While some spiritual aspects of Samhain remain, Halloween has shifted to being more of a playful and festive holiday in many cultures, with less emphasis on its original spiritual significance.

For many people, jewellery has a mystical and spiritual significance that goes beyond the material and aesthetic aspects. Jewellery can be used as a tool for healing, protection, manifestation, and connection with the divine. Aside from their symbolic significance, rocks and crystals are treasured for their healing abilities and transforming potential.

However, it is widely recognised that it is the responsibility of all health and social care staff to understand, recognise and meet the spiritual needs of individuals, including their own needs. Personal values and beliefs may change throughout the course of a lifetime, taking shape through the influence of relationships, events and personal experiences. A spiritually well individual will take care to notice when their values shift, when to readjust them and when to reassert their importance.

When we feel physical hunger we will more easily be hungry for God, for his presence and his power, and we will be able to live out the truth that he is the only one who can truly fill us and satisfy us. Moreover, by fasting we are declaring with our bodies that what we are interested in above all is being close to the Lord. According to Barnhart and OED (1989), the earliest use of the word in English mainly is from passages in the Vulgate, where the Latin word translates Greek pneuma and Hebrew ruah. A distinction between soul and spirit (as "seat of emotions") became current in Christian terminology (such as Greek psykhē and pneuma, Latin anima and spiritus) but "is without significance for earlier periods" [Buck]. Latin spiritus, usually in classical Latin "breath," replaced animus in the sense "spirit" in the imperial period and appears in Christian writings as the usual equivalent of Greek pneuma. 1600 as "frame of mind sleeping with hands above head which something is done," also "mettle, vigor of mind, courage."