FAQ | First Church of Druwayu

Druwayu was founded in the state of Oregon, United States of America, specifically in Oregon City. The name itself is derived from ancient Gaulish roots:

dru — meaning “true,” “strong,” or “enduring”
wayu — derived from wega, meaning “course,” “direction,” or “path”

So while its linguistic roots are ancient, its doctrinal and organizational structure is modern, built to enforce clarity, and maintain strict boundaries between itself and other identities, not out of militancy but respect for distinctions.

However, it is nonsensical to refer to this as Druwayu-sim or Druwayu-ry and the context of "True Ways" isn't a claim of "original to some ancient sources or some false claim of underground "tradition surviving in secret" which is nonsense regardless who claims it.

The proper context is a tradition where one is dedicated to seeking objective, impersonal truth instead of subjective assumptions and beliefs, which is also why all are encourage to dig deeper and to accept what they encounter when such shatters their beliefs often founded upon others assumptions.

The humor side is so many claim to be the "True Religion" but dont actually use a word meaning True in the sense of actuality, and because Ways was also used as a term encapsulating concepts such as religion and customs we truly are the True Religion because its in the meaning of the word itself (not to be taken too literally or seriously in this respect).

Yes. Section 508(c)(1)(A) applies specifically to churches and religious organizations, granting them automatic tax-exempt status. While 501(c)(3) organizations must apply for recognition, churches under 508(c)(1)(A) are presumed exempt by law. We meet all 14 of the IRS criteria. For clarifications:

Church Federal EIN: 33-3162754
OR, Registry for Nonprofits: 2441822-91
DUNS from Duns & Bradstreet: 11-955-8354

This means just like any other 501(c)(3), the church is exempt, the religion is valid, and donations are tax deductible.

No. We reject being identified as pagans because it means bound one in the sense of servitude later to be displaced by the word slave. It's prefix is Old Roman Latin pagus from where pages (a page as a servant came from) pag- "bound, fastened, fixed" + -an/in/ein "one." Through French it split into the word peasant. To does not mean country dweller. That's an old bold faced historical lie. When the word was combined as pagan heathen it took the meaning of "one bound to a field" as a heath is a field generally defined as shrub land. Therefore the term paganism in a more literal sense is "slavery or enslavement" rather than an actual cultural or religious identity.

While some elements of the foundations of Druwayu's concepts are scattered to a wide array of ways under the Heathen umbrella, we reject being defined as heathen, even though the term itself means someone from the "heath" despite its old pejorative usage, and is in a sense a closer alignment to the concept of a "country dweller." However, its more of an identifier of residency than a term for religion or spirituality regardless who take offenses to such facts.

No. Occultism literally means hidden from the eyes in a generic sense. However, when dealing with cultism as a secret society type bit, no, Druwayu is not remotely like that. Nothing about Druwayu is hidden and in fact, occultism is all about pretending to be one thing on the outside while being something truly twisted internally.

As a result, how occultist interprets "everything" is subsequently rejected as useless twisted nonsense that damages people mentally, emotionally and physically whole also often being used as a filler in lost cultures for those who impose presentism on past things they have no real bonds with or connections to.

For similar reasons Mysticism is rejected as its base meaning is derived from the sense of silence from a closed mouth. So occult means hidden from the eyes, and mystic means unspoken and thus a metaphor of secrecy.