The Real Hamer vs. “New German Medicine” - Adam Bigelsen

Adam Bigelsen

The Real Hamer vs. “New German Medicine”

A Direct Source Finally Sets the Record Straight

Dec 08, 2025

Over the past week, Josh and I hosted a webinar with Markus Pfister—someone who worked directly with Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer for decades. Our goal was simple: cut through the noise, the arguments, and the confusion surrounding New German Medicine (or German New Medicine) and go straight to the source. Every time we mention Dr. Hamer in a presentation or podcast, people from the NGM world jump in to tell us we’re wrong, often without asking questions or wanting dialogue. So instead of debating comments online, we reached out to someone who lived and worked with Dr. Hamer, translated his books, collaborated on cases, and observed the man’s process firsthand.

What became extremely clear in this webinar is that Dr. Hamer’s work and New German Medicine are not the same thing. In fact, Markus shared that Dr. Hamer was often frustrated—even heartbroken—at how pieces of his work were taken, oversimplified, and turned into something rigid and incomplete. He even took legal action against practitioners who were using his name in ways he felt misrepresented his discoveries. Much like what Josh and I have witnessed in the blood world, students sometimes learn one piece of a system and build an entire belief structure around that fragment. Dr. Hamer’s actual method was far more rigorous, nuanced, and multifaceted than what the online NGM community often presents.

One of the biggest clarifications from Markus was that Hamer used 103 different diagnostics, not just CT scans. CT imaging was only one component of a very broad clinical approach that included embryology, tissue behavior, symptom patterns, history-taking, and deep biological understanding. The popular idea of “just look at the CT and identify the conflict” misses what Hamer was actually doing. Markus even emphasized that if a practitioner truly understands biology, they don’t need the CT in the first place—much like how Josh and I can read a person’s history form and see patterns long before a blood sample is taken.

Another key point—and one that shifts the conversation—was the clarification that emotions don’t cause disease. It’s not simply that “you got upset” and now your body breaks down. It’s our interpretation of events—the meaning we assign—that creates the biological shock. Two people can go through the exact same experience and react completely differently. This is aligned with what we’ve always observed in the terrain: the body responds to how we process reality, not to random emotional weather. And, just like my father always taught, you don’t throw out Western tools in an emergency—biology still matters, and sometimes intervention is necessary to preserve life.

In the end, the webinar gave me exactly what I needed: clarity, confirmation, and a direct line to someone who actually knew Dr. Hamer personally. I support Hamer’s work—not the watered-down or distorted versions of it circulating online. The five biological laws make sense within the terrain model, and much of what Hamer observed lines up beautifully with what we see in the blood. There’s more to learn, and Markus will likely join us again, but for now, this conversation helped settle a lot of confusion and brought the focus back to understanding the body, not fighting over labels.

FULL WEBINAR RECAP

The Five Biological Laws with Mark Pfister — A Clearer Understanding from a Direct Source

This special event brought together the Bigelsen Academy / School of Health and the Living University of Terrain to host Mark Pfister, one of the few individuals who worked directly with Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer. The intention was to bring clarity, grounded science, and human understanding back into the often-confused landscape of the Five Biological Laws.

1. Who Is Mark Pfister?

Mark is a practitioner and researcher who:

He is not part of the modern NGM community, nor does he agree with how Hamer’s work has been distorted over the years.

2. Science vs. Belief — Hamer’s Actual Framework

Mark explained Hamer’s strict scientific standard: If something is not observable, reproducible, verifiable, and predictable, it is not science.

Biology, in Hamer’s view, is:

Mark pointed out that much of mainstream medicine is belief, and ironically, so is much of modern NGM — while the body itself remains consistent and truthful.

3. The Real Progression of Events: How Biological Programs Begin

Mark gave one of the clearest, most important explanations of the entire webinar:

Emotions do NOT cause disease.

The conflict shock is NOT created by fear, sadness, anger, or grief by themselves.

What matters is how the person experiences the event internally.

Here is the actual sequence:

1. A dramatic, unexpected life event occurs.

But the event alone does not initiate a biological program.

2. The key is the internal interpretation.

Two people can experience the same situation but react completely differently. The biological effect depends on:

3. If the event is felt as overwhelming, isolating, and without resolution…

…it creates a DHS (Dirk Hamer Syndrome), simultaneously affecting:

4. The brain initiates a precise biological program

to help the person survive the perceived conflict.

5. It is NOT the emotion that matters — it is the perception.

This aligns perfectly with the Terrain Model: Life → Perception → Brain → Body

4. Practitioner Fear Can Harm the Patient

Mark emphasized that fear is contagious. If a practitioner:

…the patient picks it up instantly.

This can:

The practitioner must function as:

Otherwise, the practitioner becomes a source of conflict for the patient.

5. CT Scans Are Not the Whole Science — Not Even Close

This was one of Mark’s strongest criticisms of the modern NGM community.

People who fixate solely on CT scans have dramatically misunderstood Hamer.

While CTs were an important tool for identifying brain relays, they were:

Mark shared an essential detail that is almost entirely missing from modern NGM teachings:

Hamer used 103 different diagnostic elements — not just CT scans.

This included:

A CT scan was just one of these 103 tools. People teaching “NGM through CT scans only” are practicing a grossly incomplete and dangerously oversimplified version of Hamer’s work.

6. Mark’s Sadness About What the NGM Community Has Become

This part of the webinar was heartfelt. Mark said plainly that he is not a fan of the current NGM movement. He shared that it deeply saddens him to see:

He emphasized that what people call “NGM” today would be unrecognizable — even upsetting — to Hamer himself.

7. The Five Biological Laws (Summary, Since Mark Did Not Cover All)

1st Law — The Iron Rule

Every biological program begins with a conflict shock (DHS) acting on psyche, brain, and organ simultaneously.

2nd Law — The Two-Phase Structure

Every program has:

3rd Law — Embryology Logic

All tissue reactions follow germ-layer logic and brain-region logic.

4th Law — Microbes as Helpers

Bacteria, fungi, and viruses act as biological assistants, not attackers.

5th Law — Meaning of Disease

Symptoms are part of meaningful biological programs — a philosophical, not purely scientific, law.

8. Terrain Alignment: Two Models, One Reality

Mark’s clarifications align beautifully with the Terrain perspective:

Both Terrain and Hamer’s core work point toward the same truth: The body is responding to life — not malfunctioning.