Interview with Michelle Belanger

Welcome to Parasortium, I am your host AJ and today we are talking to Bridget Sandate cultural director of the Chemehuevi Tribe. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Please join us.DVD Salt song traila living documentary.https://www.nativeland.org/store-overview/the-salt-song-trail-a-living-documentary-dvd

This The Power of place -Joshua Tree.Yucca man doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDX_wFOKifM&t=163s

This is a the second half of our interview with Seriah of Where did the road go. We wish to thank Seriah for spending over 2 hours talking about the vast subjects of the Paranormal with us. It was an honor and a privilege to speak with you. We discuss memory, magic, shadows, alternate universes and more. So come on in and pull up a seat!

Michelle Belanger is a psychic, an occultist and a pagan Priest. She has been one Paranormal State, Portals to hell, and Kindred spirits. She is a prolific author of occult, psychic and spiritual literature. A musician, and a vampire. Join as we talk Psychics, magic and folklore.

Welcome to Parasortium! Craigdarroch castle is one of our favourite landmarks and they gave us open access to the building to film. I am talking to John Hughes the Executive Director of Craigdarroch castle today. We have visited this castle several times and have learned more each time. We love it and hope you love it too. Please enjoy! We want to thank John Hughes and the Craigdarroch castle society for doing this interview and hope this was as fun for you our listeners as it was for us to do. We are working on a bigger project to do with Craigdarroch Castle and will make an announcement when we are able. We have put links in the notes for you to find more information on the Castle. More is being found as research and restoration continues so the best way to learn is to visit the castle and do the tours. Thank you again for joining us.Link to their sitehttps://thecastle.ca/https://www.amazon.ca/Craigdarroch-Castle-21-Historical-Objects/dp/1771513489Please check out our website at www.parasortium.com and as always think you for supporting us. Your support helps to keep us doing this so donate if you can, send us emails for idea and hints at [email protected] or text us at 250-986-2518.

In this episode we talk to Seriah. We have been long time fans of his work. We are both kindred of liminality and though we come at it from differing ways our conversation was in depth and interesting. I am going to be on with Seriah at some point soon for his show Where did the road go.

Today’s episode is our first podcast in a long while. We arespeaking with Jenny Chan of Pacific Atrocities Education. Thisepisode has some graphic scenes and content viewer discretion isadvised. We talk about the pacific front of WW2. It didn’t beginwhen you think it did. Sarah has been in school learning skills whichwill allow us to start building our library and our online archiveprofessionally. We will be able to provide digital articles, booksand digital images of physical artifacts with proper meta data. Weare attempting to become a world hub of information which can work asa sharing point between libraries, the public and museums. We areworking on some big projects but AJ is hurt right now and unable todo video editing as quickly as normal. Expect more interviews anddocumentary style episodes this season. The Okinawan firedance is called “'Ōte’a auahi”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4ZXPfLSh4The Queen of Hawaiiis “Liliʻuokalani”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalaniManchukuohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManchukuoUnit 731https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731Comfort womenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_womenWe are working on adocumentary episode which will inform you more about the USAinvolvement in Japan and China from 1895-1945. How their directactions led to Pearl Harbour and their involvement in supplyingweapons to Axis and Allied powers in WW1 and WW2.CitationKwantung armyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwantung_ArmyKhabarovsk warcrimes trialshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabarovsk_war_crimes_trialsJames Bradleyhttps://jamesbradley.com/Queen Lili‘uokalanihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalaniSoviet_invasion_of_Manchuriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_ManchuriaMatthew C. Perryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._PerryPodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@PacificFrontUntold

War is not the romanticized battles we imagine.It isn’t honour or glory—it’s smoke, dust, and ash that chokes us, amid explosions that blind and tear our flesh.The truth is hidden from us. Reduced to soundbites and Blurred images. But those who’velived it remember everything—the smells, the heat, the pain thatcomes after the flash.And the children remember it most.They don’t just lose homes. They lose safety, family, childhood itself.They dig through rubble where their lives once stood, searching not for toys—but for pieces of the people they love. Trying desperately to get them back!War doesn’t just wound the body. It rewires the mind, leaving fear, grief, and deafening silence that lasts a lifetimeIt steals innocence. It leaves scars no one sees.When the fighting ends and the powerful divide land and profit,it’s the children—alone, grieving, surviving—who are left to rebuild a broken world.Some survive. But survival isn’t living.And still, it is children who suffer the most—physically, mentally, forever ([Psychology Today][2]).War takes everything.And it gives nothing back.So the questionisn’t what war is.It’s why we stillallow it.Citations[1]:https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1253515/full?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Frontiers |Pediatric traumatic brain injuries in war zones: a systematicliterature review"[2]:https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/parenting-matters/202407/how-war-and-loss-affect-children?utm_source=chatgpt.com "How War andLoss Affect Children | Psychology Today Canada"Photoby “Raghed Waked/Reuters”Article by “Mishra, Utkarsh”. 2026.“Iran Warns Israel Over Strikes in Lebanon Despite Truce.”Rediff, April 9, 2026.https://www.rediff.com/news/report/iran-warns-israel-over-strikes-in-lebanon-despite-truce/20260409.htm.Photoby Yara Nardi Reuters. 2026. “Israeli Strikes Pummel Lebanon,Killing 250 in Deadliest Day.” AnewZ, April 9, 2026.https://anewz.tv/iran-war/news/19236/israeli-strikes-pummel-lebanon-killing-250-in-deadliest-day/news.Lebanonsearches for survivors after Israeli barrage. (2026, April 9).[Video]. The New York Times.https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010831535/lebanon-israel-attack-iran-ceasefire.htmlUNICEF/UNI652312/Choufanyhttps://www.unicef.org/stories/loss-and-uncertainty-lebanons-childrenJoeKassis https://www.pexels.com/search/Lebanon%20war/NoorAldin Alwanhttps://www.pexels.com/photo/war-torn-streets-of-damascus-syria-32955728/Noor Aldin Alwanhttps://www.pexels.com/photo/32955726/Osama Naserhttps://www.pexels.com/search/videos/lebanon%20war/Ahmed Ben Ashurhttps://www.pexels.com/video/woman-in-hijab-and-dogs-11409427/Osama Naserhttps://www.pexels.com/video/drone-footage-of-a-deserted-village-8012086/Hassan Mikdad, holdshis son Hussein Mikdad, 4, who was injured on Oct. 2 in an Israeliairstrike on south of Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo)https://www.ecosia.org/images?addon=opensearch&addonversion=7.5.0&q=Lebanese+children+war%2C+royalty+free#id=8E9DA18C4D38E32092B869D31AE9AD1B6D1BEC92Osama Naserhttps://www.pexels.com/video/children-in-a-refugee-camp-2247164/Osama Naserhttps://www.pexels.com/video/happy-children-laughing-19019491/PrimeMedia Photographyhttps://www.pexels.com/video/portrait-of-a-child-in-rural-poverty-31943334/Osama Naserhttps://www.pexels.com/video/drone-video-of-a-bombed-town-8012091/

This is an exploration of Rithet's bog one of the many parks in Saanich BC. Its glowing woodlands, abundant wildlife and easy terrain make for a great afternoon in nature.

This is a short episode on meditation for beginners. It goes over the basics and the use of meditation for magical and mundane practice.