The Mysterious 19 yr old Miracle Worker

The Mysterious Miracle Worker

The mysterious miracle worker. At 19, he is said to have cured a rock star and
an astronaut and everyone wants a piece of this private young healer.

By Alexandra Gill
11-29-4


VANCOUVER -- I am sitting in the dark, on a green leather sofa, my feet firmly planted on polished hardwood. This spacious but sparely furnished family room is on the main floor of a detached suburban home just outside Vancouver. A 19-year-old "energy healer" who calls himself Adam is standing about three metres in front of me.

"Just relax," says Adam, twisting his body with arms spread out, as if he were warming up to throw a discus. From the dim light in the kitchen, I see him in the shadows looking down at his feet. Then his head suddenly jerks up, but he's clearly not in the same space any more. He looks off into the distance, as though he's fallen into a trance, and starts manipulating the air in front of his face with his palms spread flat.

As Adam will later explain, he is visualizing a hologram of my immune system. He describes these visions as layers of 3-D images in which he sees organs moving, hearts pumping -- and sometimes, bright green masses that can indicate tumours.

You may have heard about this boy with the so-called magic touch. I first met and wrote about him 18 months ago. Since then, he has been profiled in numerous television documentaries and magazine articles, including a splashy feature in Rolling Stone magazine.
At the time, this completely normal-looking teenager had just self-published a book called Dreamhealer: His Name is Adam. The book, which has since sold more than 20,000 copies, attempted to explain what he does, diagnosing and treating illnesses from a distance, and included a testimonial from Ronnie Hawkins, the rock 'n' roll legend Adam allegedly cured of terminal pancreatic cancer by staring at a colour photo and connecting to the Hawk's energy field from 5,000 kilometres away.

Today, the Hawk is still kicking, has remained cancer-free and is getting ready for his big 70th-birthday bash. "I was brought up in the South, where you ain't supposed to believe in this stuff," He told Rolling Stone. "Jesus healed, but I never read anything where it was long-distance. There's a lot of shit out there, and I don't believe none of it. But I'm telling you exactly what happened to me. This wasn't no coincidence. I don't know how Adam did it. But, my God, if that's what he can do, in two years he'll be able to buy Jimmy Swaggart."

For now, Adam is just trying to concentrate on his first-year midterms at university now that his second book, Dreamhealer 2: Guide to Self-Empowerment, is back from the printers. He still has a website (http://www.dreamhealer.com).

Adam is studying general sciences and plans to become a naturopathic doctor. Some day, he would like to open a centre where alternative and Western medicine can be combined.

Because of his intense study schedule, and overwhelming demand for his help, he no longer performs one-on-one sessions. "There are just too many people out there who want my help," he say. "Sometimes it's so difficult turning people away, especially when they have little kids with cancer spread all over their body."

Adam remains anonymous to protect his family's privacy, while keeping the seekers and skeptics at bay. "I've received thousands of e-mails from people who want help. I've been asked to quit school, and give up my friends or sports. One guy even suggested I sleep less. But even if I were doing this 24/7, there still wouldn't be enough time to help everyone.

"And a lot of people that come to me aren't even willing to help themselves. That's why I've written this book. Everyone has the ability to heal themselves. It's just a matter of understanding that the mind does affect the immune system. And you also have to be willing to adopt a healthier and positive attitude. Intention counts for a lot."

For a lot of people, Adam says, books aren't motivation enough. So, as well as his alternative individual therapy, he has begun offering group-healing sessions, which he says can be far more powerful anyway. More than 2,000 have already attended his workshops. The next workshop takes places in Vancouver in January. With 450 participants, it's the largest yet, and has already sold out.

The workshops function by joining everyone's aura and allowing the group's combined energy, including Adam's, to flow together in a master hologram. He describes the energy field as being similar to two bubbles in a bath that suddenly burst into one large bubble.

Adam prefers to do workshops with groups of people who suffer from the same illness, but says anyone can benefit.

"If you are doing your own visualizations to direct your energy to a specific problem, the group healings are even more powerful than the individual healings," he says. Back in the family room, I feel a slight pressure on my neck as Adam shifts his gaze down and starts knitting his hands as if he's trying to dig at something or push it out of the way.
Then his whole body slams backward and he nearly falls to the floor. He sits down and cups his hands in front of his eyes to shield his dilated pupils. "It's like coming out from a cave into a very bright light," he explains as he catches his breath.

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