Adam Mcleod AKA "Adam DreamHealer"

[Horks]

This man was supposedly born with the healing gift of blah blah blah mumbo jumbo mumbo (usual spiel)...

Anyways, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame is claiming that Adam Dreamhealer cured his bum cancer.

McLeod's website is one of the newey of newiest new age nonsense I've seen in a while.

w w w . dreamhealer .com (can't post links yet)

 

[ferd burfle]

This man was supposedly born with the healing gift of blah blah blah mumbo jumbo mumbo (usual spiel)...

Anyways, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame is claiming that Adam Dreamhealer cured his bum cancer.

McLeod's website is one of the newey of newiest new age nonsense I've seen in a while.

w w w . dreamhealer .com (can't post links yet)

Welcome, Horks!

Linky: www.dreamhealer.com

Cringe- and/or lol-worthy content from the FAQ:

When I attend a workshop and participate in the energy healing, can I “catch” someone’s illness if they have bad energy?
No. Energy is directed through our intentions and when your intention is to heal, then only positive results can occur. Also one theory is that a person’s illness has a specific frequency to that person and cannot be attracted by another person. Adam gives more details on this at his workshops.​

He uses the term "intentions" frequently which seems like something he might have cribbed from Wayne Dyer.


ferd

 

[Biscuit]

WOW. Instead of drawing people to his workshops and then selling them his books and DVD's he "requests" that you have already bought them so that "...the treatments will be more powerful."

 

[ExMinister]

Funny, my mom gave me one of his books the other day. I had lent it to her years ago. Was wondering what ever happened to him but then forgot about it. I recall at the time his mom made him use the name "Dreamhealer" because she didn't want his identity out there when he was only 16. All the same, her 16-year-old published 2 books and was conducting enormous workshops, not to mention raking in the money.

I got curious when I saw the stethoscope around his neck. Evidently he has graduated from the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. Is it reasonable for him then to call himself "doctor" and say he went to "medical school?" He also claims to have a First Class Honors Degree in molecular biology and biochemistry. Is this a legitimate degree in Canada?

And to be a First Nations Healer. I assume this refers to Canada's First Nation tribes. I found a reference to it on a Canadian cancer web site, listed among alternative healing methods as the methods used by Canada's First Nation people. Maybe he's referring to his own ancestry. Or maybe the First Nation people actually do train white people in their healing methods in Canada. Maybe he spends his free time volunteering in their communities. I only hope calling himself a First Nations Healer isn't similar to people in the U.S. who call themselves shamanic healers after training with white people the actual Indians have never heard of.

 

[tsig]

WOW. Instead of drawing people to his workshops and then selling them his books and DVD's he "requests" that you have already bought them so that "...the treatments will be more powerful."

From the link:

More recently Dreamhealer presented in a conference with Deepak Chopra.

 

[blutoski]

Funny, my mom gave me one of his books the other day. I had lent it to her years ago. Was wondering what ever happened to him but then forgot about it. I recall at the time his mom made him use the name "Dreamhealer" because she didn't want his identity out there when he was only 16. All the same, her 16-year-old published 2 books and was conducting enormous workshops, not to mention raking in the money.

He's local to me, so I attended one of his workshops years ago when he was in the 'dreamhealer' phase. I've been monitoring his career as much as possible, but I don't have good answers to some important questions.

I got curious when I saw the stethoscope around his neck. Evidently he has graduated from the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. Is it reasonable for him then to call himself "doctor" and say he went to "medical school?"

In Canada, he would indeed be Doctor McLeod, but in any situation where it woudl be materially important (ie: when giving medical advice, conducting commercial speech or press releases), ND graduates are supposed to say, "Adam McLeod, Doctor of Naturopathy"

DCs have the same stipulation. ("John Smith, Doctor of Chiropractic")

He also claims to have a First Class Honors Degree in molecular biology and biochemistry. Is this a legitimate degree in Canada?

This might be a legitemate degree, I think he studied at UVic. I just can't verify whether he graduated, or with FCH without travelling there in person. I have to admit that even if he was to post a transcript, I wouldn't trust it.

And to be a First Nations Healer. I assume this refers to Canada's First Nation tribes. I found a reference to it on a Canadian cancer web site, listed among alternative healing methods as the methods used by Canada's First Nation people. Maybe he's referring to his own ancestry. Or maybe the First Nation people actually do train white people in their healing methods in Canada. Maybe he spends his free time volunteering in their communities. I only hope calling himself a First Nations Healer isn't similar to people in the U.S. who call themselves shamanic healers after training with white people the actual Indians have never heard of.

There's sort of a few questions there, I can probably answer with three points:

• I haven't seen any official statement about his heritage, but he does "look" partly First Nations. If I had to bet money, I'd say yes, he's mixed heritage.
• He does seem to have adopted some First Nations healing terminology and practices.
• First Nations healing practices are taught everywhere, by anybody who puts up a shingle. Some practices are genuinely ancestral; others are adopted from distant tribes; others were invented out of whole cloth last week by a Russian mobster. Whatever sells.

 

[blutoski]

This might be a legitemate degree, I think he studied at UVic. I just can't verify whether he graduated, or with FCH without travelling there in person. I have to admit that even if he was to post a transcript, I wouldn't trust it.

This was confusing, sorry.

To clarify: In my opinion, the FCH degree is unverified but probably real.

 

[smartcooky]

Sounds like a CGSM to me!

 

[catsmate]

From the link:

More recently Dreamhealer presented in a conference with Deepak Chopra.

 

[ExMinister]

He's local to me, so I attended one of his workshops years ago when he was in the 'dreamhealer' phase. I've been monitoring his career as much as possible, but I don't have good answers to some important questions.




In Canada, he would indeed be Doctor McLeod, but in any situation where it woudl be materially important (ie: when giving medical advice, conducting commercial speech or press releases), ND graduates are supposed to say, "Adam McLeod, Doctor of Naturopathy"

DCs have the same stipulation. ("John Smith, Doctor of Chiropractic")





This might be a legitemate degree, I think he studied at UVic. I just can't verify whether he graduated, or with FCH without travelling there in person. I have to admit that even if he was to post a transcript, I wouldn't trust it.




There's sort of a few questions there, I can probably answer with three points:

• I haven't seen any official statement about his heritage, but he does "look" partly First Nations. If I had to bet money, I'd say yes, he's mixed heritage.
• He does seem to have adopted some First Nations healing terminology and practices.
• First Nations healing practices are taught everywhere, by anybody who puts up a shingle. Some practices are genuinely ancestral; others are adopted from distant tribes; others were invented out of whole cloth last week by a Russian mobster. Whatever sells.

Thanks. I spent far too much time trying to research his background today!

Thanks for clarifying the First Nations part.

You said you don't have good answers to some important questions? Wondering what they are. Are they similar to mine?

I did find a reference in one article to him being in his third year of molecular biology at a Lower Mainland university that he wanted to remain unnamed. Then I found a blog site that refers to this university as Simon Fraser. Adam claims to have graduated with a B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and this blogger states that through personal communications Adam says exactly that, and the blogger found evidence that Adam had participated in at least one volunteer study through the university, but he points out that it is a little odd to refer to oneself as a molecular biologist with just a Bachelor's degree.

Also, the two most well-known miracle healing stories, Mitchell and the rock star, seem to have catapulted Adam into fame as a teenager, around age 16. Both of them claimed to be healed by him of cancer, and in both cases it seems their cancer was never verified by biopsy to actually be cancer.

 

[ferd burfle]

Also, the two most well-known miracle healing stories, Mitchell and the rock star, seem to have catapulted Adam into fame as a teenager, around age 16. Both of them claimed to be healed by him of cancer, and in both cases it seems their cancer was never verified by biopsy to actually be cancer.

Following the link at the top of his home page Testimonials/Cancer, you come to a number of anecdotes, most of which can be summarized:

1. Person has aggressive or advanced-stage cancer.;docs give person guarded prognosis.
2. Person gets modern medical treatment including surgery, chemo and/or radiation therapy.
3. Person does some kind of Dreamhealer stuff.
4. Person survives cancer or is markedly improved and....wait for it, wait for it...
5. Person credits Dreamhealter stuff for their improvement, not medical science


ferd

 

[Horks]

Ya ferd, that was the case with Tommy Chong too.

He's all like..."I gotta get one more blood test and MRI but...like...totally Adam DreamHealer and weed oils cured me man...I'm cancer free man...like dave's not here man..."

He's obviously going for MRIs and going to real doctors for treatment yet credits being cancer free to hemp oil and crazy quack weirdos.

 

[Biscuit]

I'm gonna let dreamhealer finish but the greatest healer of all time is braco the gazer.

 

[blutoski]

I did find a reference in one article to him being in his third year of molecular biology at a Lower Mainland university that he wanted to remain unnamed. Then I found a blog site that refers to this university as Simon Fraser. Adam claims to have graduated with a B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and this blogger states that through personal communications Adam says exactly that, and the blogger found evidence that Adam had participated in at least one volunteer study through the university, but he points out that it is a little odd to refer to oneself as a molecular biologist with just a Bachelor's degree.

Odd, but not a feature of quackery, unfortunately. I have a coworker who calls himself a computer scientist because he has a BSc in compsci. It's pretty common.

I can go to SFU and verify onsite. It would help to know the year of graduation.

And to repeat: I am really just interested in verifying the degree, not really betting that it's fake. The claim that a multimillionaire passed a four year program is not extraordinary.

Also, the two most well-known miracle healing stories, Mitchell and the rock star, seem to have catapulted Adam into fame as a teenager, around age 16. Both of them claimed to be healed by him of cancer, and in both cases it seems their cancer was never verified by biopsy to actually be cancer.

Edgar Mitchell , Ronnie Hawkins, yeah. It's worth mentioning that Tommy Chong has a house in Vancouver still, so he may have simply tripped over him locally. I get the impression Adam places a high importance on celebrity outreach a la Scientology.

 

[Horks]

Wow that Braco the Gazer. Healing by means of a silent Staring Contest?...that's a new one.

 

[ExMinister]

When i have the time and get curious about someone like this, i look at the claims that can be verified. If they are lying or otherwise misrepresenting themselves I think it can be used to call their integrity and credibility into question.

I didn't see much that could be verified besides the education. I wasnt particularly skeptical about it though since the various interviews over the years mention him being in college. The testimonials are pretty useless. i did find it interesting that Mitchell and Hawkins did not have cancer that had ever been medically verified. But not surprising.

 

[sinclairmcevoy]

I had a friend buy into this quackery about 6 years ago. He had nothing to lose but money I suppose. He was desperate for anything that might have helped. Still dead though, ain't no cure for that.