French-led druidic groups (with international signatories) just updated their shared ethics charter — curious what r/druidry thinks
Since 2024, a coalition of druidic groups — mostly from France/Brittany/Gaul, but also from Belgium, Italy, and Portugal — has been working on a shared “Charte Éthique des Druides” (Ethics Charter of the Druids). It’s been amended twice since: once in August 2025, and again on August 15, 2026, when about 22 groups met in Saint-Jean-Ligoure (France) to sign the latest version.
The stated goal is protecting the public from scams and cult-like abuse — there’s a recent criminal case in France involving a self-proclaimed druid that’s part of the backdrop. The charter targets commercial exploitation, sexism, and psychological manipulation dressed up as druidry.
Here’s what the charter says about who counts as a Druid:
“A contemporary Druid is recognized as such by their peers, coming from one of the three lineages of the 18th-century revival, or a clan lineage recognized by those three lineages. They must be able to attest to this initiation.”
(As of now, the charter on the website has not been updated for the 2026 version)