A prayer from Cathay
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CATHORA / Jewelry from the sacred lands

A prayer from Cathay.

Before you ever heard its name, it was already on its way to you. Pieces shaped by sacred mountains, old wisdom, and the wish you carry.

Enduring Form — Silver Mountain Pendant
Enduring Form — Silver Mountain Pendant$298.00 ↗

The Blessed Lands · 福地

Five places where people have gone to make a wish.

For a thousand years, people have climbed these stone steps asking for the oldest things: safety on the road, a child in good health, a year of good fortune. Each chapter carries the legend of one place.

The Five Elements · 五行

Everything breathes. Everything turns.

Water feeds wood, wood feeds fire, fire returns to earth, earth gives birth to metal, metal calls back the water. The old sages believed every life turns within this wheel — and that what you keep close can lean it, gently, toward the light.

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The world of CATHORA

One for every worry the heart can hold.

Dawn, in the mountains of eastern China. Mist rises from the valley like the breath of a sleeping animal. Somewhere above the pines, a bell — once, then again, one hundred and eight times. By the last note, the mountain has taken them all.

Cathay was the West's old name for China. Ora is Latin, to pray.

An origin in every boxA card telling you where your piece comes from and what it means.
Natural materialsReal woods, seeds and stones. Never dyed glass.
Returned to the templesPart of every purchase goes back to the temple communities.

Letters from the mountain

New moons, solar terms and the turning of the year — a quiet note when the season changes, and first word of each new chapter.