The phrase "although he desires" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast between a desire and a situation or action that may contradict that desire.
Example: "Although he desires to travel the world, he is currently tied down by his job."
Alternatives: "even though he wants" or "despite his wish".
Last March, we had intimate relations, and now, although it is only November, he desires them again.
Although he ceased desiring her physically quite early on, just being with her awakened desire (for other women), because of her "terrifying capacity for bringing one to life".
Pleased with what he heard, Keenan remarked, "I can hear myself singing [those songs]." Although he originally desired a female vocalist, Howerdel agreed that Keenan would be a good fit, and A Perfect Circle was formed a short time later.
Against the second inconsistency charge, the ethical egoist can claim that she morally recommends that B go to the game, although she desires that B not go.
Although he no longer desired chemotherapy, he proclaimed "now that I've heard that, I feel relieved," and that "I will try to bring about a miracle".
Allen plays "human chameleon" Leonard Zelig, who has an uncanny ability to appear at the most critical junctures of history in the 1920s listening to Adolf Hitler stir a crowd, watching Babe Ruth swat a home run although he himself desires only anonymity.
It was Meinong who first insisted on the distinction between feeling and desire, although he regarded feelings rather than desires to be determinative of values (Meinong 1894, §§ 5 6).
He realised that, although he felt no desire to become a man, he shared their desire for a change of identity.
Paterson writes poems, although he has no desire to publish them.
He said although he had no desire to go back to the country, he would appeal against it.
