HeyJaredMelissa’s Substack
My personal Substack, where I share about my fiction and nonfiction books, as well as occasionally other topics. I write mainly esoteric nonfiction while my fiction can be SciFi, thriller, occult, etc. I like to think of this as my own Esoteric Salon.
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- 22
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Aug 24, 2026
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A Letter to My Unborn Granddaughter (opens the original)
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Now that I know that my grandchild will be a girl, I want to write something specific for her.<img alt="a woman standing in the rain wearing a black sweater" class="sizing-normal" height="6000" src="https://images.unsplash.c
Seeing You, Seeing Me (opens the original)
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Eckhart Tolle — 'To love is to recognize yourself in another.”I like when someone can read one of my books and see themselves. If I write something personal or even fiction I put my heart into, I hope for one of two things. Either they can read one of my experiences and ponder how they might have felt and walk away effected by something new. Or even better, they don't see me at all in the pages, only their similar experiences, and they come to a deep place within and revisit something very perso
The Leopard and the Deer (opens the original)
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Yesterday, I was walking by my house and saw 2 deer playing in a field. They stopped, looked at me, and I watched them for a while before going on my way. It was magical. I told Paul about it, and he mentioned this quote from The Book of Lies, which I thought I’d comment on. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1544219110-079476d43889?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0fHxsZW9wYXJkJTIwYW5kJTIwZGVlcnxlbnwwfHx8fD
Unapologetic (opens the original)
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Revolt Away from the Masses (opens the original)
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“Dear Reader, forgive what you do not approve, & love me for this energetic exertion of my talent.”—William BlakeIt fascinates me how the “mass” operates. People clamor for approval from groups, especially online ones. Maybe to some that is more important than any truth or self-realization, because many people online spend their time upset when anybody goes about things their own way and doesn’t follow a particular set way. Why? Even A.C. said that you don’t have to follow his way and to forge y
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