Brujas Quotes

“our spirituality does not come from outside ourselves. It emerges when we listen to the 'small still voice' within us which can empower us to create actual change in the world.”
― Lorraine Monteagut, Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

“The witch as a figure is so queer. In the 1800s the word queer meant “to spoil, to ruin.” The witch dissolves the boundaries of what we think we know, shapeshifts and challenges our perceptions—for instance, the idea that there are just two genders.”
― Lorraine Monteagut, Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

“We’ve demonized the victim and projected all our fears onto her, while the colonizer rides away.”
― Lorraine Monteagut, Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color