The Journey Into Desire
- David John
- Oct 24
- 3 min read
Desire is not chaos.
It is clarity — felt before it is named.
It arrives like a pulse.
A flame.
A hunger not for more, but for truth —
for what is vivid,
what is alive,
what is yours.
This is not the desire that burns to consume.
It is the desire that burns to become.
Carnelian, Garnet, Opal, Tanzanite, and Turquoise
are companions for this bolder becoming —
when you are no longer shrinking
to stay safe,
or silencing yourself
to stay small.
There are days when the fire returns.
Not as rage.
But as readiness.
As the warmth in your chest when you finally say yes —
to movement, to wanting, to the thrum of your own aliveness.
Carnelian carries that yes.
It is not gentle.
It is not tentative.
It pulses —
deep, red, real.
Wearing carnelian is a return to the body.
To instinct.
To joy that begins in the hips and rises like breath.
The moment you trust the pull — before the plan —
that is a carnelian moment.
Somewhere deeper,
in the heat beneath memory,
another fire waits.
Garnet is that deeper fire.
It is not loud.
It glows from within —
rich, rooted, full of blood and vow.
Wearing garnet is claiming what you’ve always wanted —
not because it was allowed,
but because it was yours.
The day you stop asking permission
to feel deeply, to want fiercely, to love fully —
that is a garnet day.
Desire is not always fire.
Sometimes it’s water.
Shifting, glimmering, impossible to grasp.
Opal lives there.
It does not offer answers.
It offers sensation.
It lets you see what flickers just beneath the surface —
the color in your longing,
the shape of your wildness.
Wearing opal is a surrender to nuance.
To beauty that defies logic.
To wanting that changes shape as you chase it.
The moment you stop trying to name it —
and just feel it —
that is an opal moment.
Some desires are not of the flesh.
They are of the soul.
Tanzanite speaks to those —
the urges you can’t explain,
the visions that wake you,
the knowing you weren’t meant to live quietly.
It is not a stone of frenzy.
It is a stone of sacred recognition.
Wearing tanzanite is stepping into the self
you’ve glimpsed but never dared to be.
The day you honour a longing
that no one else understands —
that is a tanzanite day.
And voice — what of voice?
Desire asks to be spoken.
Turquoise is the courage to speak it.
To give shape to what stirs in the chest.
To turn feeling into form,
and longing into sound.
Wearing turquoise is choosing not to hide.
It is speaking with colour, with clarity, with claim.
The hour you say it — even if your voice trembles —
that is a turquoise hour.
Desire is not shameful.
It is sacred.
It is the fire that keeps becoming possible.
It is the breath that refuses to be held.
Carnelian stirs the body awake.
Garnet holds the flame.
Opal moves like feeling before it’s named.
Tanzanite rises from soul-deep knowing.
Turquoise gives it voice.
This is the journey into desire:
Not indulgence.
Not chaos.
But a return to what makes you feel alive.
Explore the Collections
Say Yes to What Moves You — Explore Our Artisan Sterling Silver Carnelian Jewellery Collection
Claim What You’ve Always Known — Explore Our Artisan Sterling Silver Garnet Jewellery Collection
Feel What Cannot Be Named — Explore Our Artisan Sterling Silver Opal Jewellery Collection
Follow the Pull Beyond Reason — Explore Our Artisan Sterling Silver Tanzanite Jewellery Collection
Speak Desire Without Shame — Explore Our Artisan Sterling Silver Turquoise Jewellery Collection
Continue the Journey – Explore the Stories Behind the Stones
Carnelian - The History and Meaning of Carnelian Jewellery
Tanzanite - The History and Meaning of Tanzanite Jewellery
Turquoise - The History and Meaning of Turquoise Jewellery
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