The five biological laws were discovered by Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer in 1979 and form a scientific model explaining the origin and course of any psychological, physical, or cerebral change that occurs without external factors such as poisoning or trauma.
Dr. Hamer hypothesized that an emotionally experienced event could lead to a physical illness, after he himself developed testicular cancer following the dramatic death of his son, Dirk.
Influenced by lucid dreams about his son, Dr. Hamer feverishly researched and documented his findings, presenting his hastily compiled habilitation thesis to the University of Tübingen in 1981. The university denied his habilitation, citing formal errors.
This injustice led Dr. Hamer to present his research more assertively, which brought him resistance, growing even today.
Despite personal challenges, Dr. Hamer continued to refine his discovery, culminating in the addition of the fifth biological law in the mid-1990s.
Dr. Hamer focused on the medically significant aspects of his discovery, calling it "New Medicine," which was an unfortunate implication of it being a "medicine" in the sense of an alternative medical practice.
In 2002, "New Medicine" was renamed "Germanic" to reflect Hamer’s evolving worldview.
Therefore, it is more accurate to refer to the discovery as the "Five Biological Laws," as this term neither implies a specific ideology nor inaccurately describes Hamer's findings, which focus on functional relationships within a living organism.
It is possible to derive therapeutic approaches from these relationships, depending on the field, but the five biological laws themselves make no statement about actions or omissions in cases of illness—they merely describe existing mechanisms.
Whether Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer developed his rigid stance because of his personal history or if this stance enabled his focused research remains a matter of speculation. What is certain is that his manner of communication and many of his ideas are unacceptable to many people.
His claim that his discovery has universal validity is unimaginable to most, and his ideological and political views are considered dangerous and misleading, which makes it challenging to view Hamer’s personality and his discovery independently.
Hamer rejects the separation of his discovery from his persona, often labeling those who do as "robbers."
Since "medicine" is involved, it is essential to define "disease" and "therapy." Conventional and alternative medicine often regard disease as an autonomous process that behaves like a living organism. Typically, the cause of disease is seen as a flawed mechanism, and the therapeutic approach aims to correct the mistake or eliminate the "evil organism" of disease.
In the context of the five biological laws, this concept of an independent disease does not exist.
According to the fifth biological law, any physical, psychological, or cerebral change is part of a biological program initially designed to ensure the individual’s survival in a perceived threatening situation. These biological programs were originally meaningful and purposeful, but they are intended for a specific time period. Like pregnancy, every biological program has a "purposeful time" in which it should reach its goal.
If the threatening situation is not resolved, the biological program continues, potentially becoming a problem and resulting in "disease."
Therapy, therefore, must address not only the physical process but also resolve the underlying trigger. The five biological laws provide an expanded view of biology in which both biochemical and emotional factors play crucial roles.
The first biological law was also referred to as "The Iron Rule of Cancer," a misleading term since these laws describe all changes, not just those called "cancer," occurring without external influences.
According to Dr. Hamer:
This law explains that the biological conflict is not purely psychological; it involves the entire individual, including the brain and organ, with all processes occurring simultaneously.
It is important to note that the biological conflict is not an objective entity. The situation is what happens, but the biological conflict is how it is felt. The conflict depends on the emotional factors influencing an individual's perception, such as beliefs, cultural or religious taboos, and deep-rooted biological instincts.
The biological conflict is always a significant, concrete situation for the person involved, which may last for a short time but can easily be triggered again.
During the biological conflict, there is also an emotional definition of the situation: the conflict content. When experiencing a conflict, two things occur:
One of Hamer’s most controversial statements is that changes in the body and psyche always coincide with changes in the brain. His discovery extends beyond conventional neuro-imaging, where he assigned specific emotional categories to brain regions, creating a brain topography that is largely consistent with modern neurology, but also unique in its specific attributions.
This law describes the two-phase process of SBS: the conflict-active phase ends with one of three possibilities:
The Conflict Mass is the measure of the conflict's duration and intensity, determining the scope and intensity of the subsequent healing phase.
Resolution refers to either mastering the situation or making it irrelevant, through the individual finding something better. A therapist can facilitate this process by helping the person see new perspectives.
This law states that tissues and functions in the body behave according to their embryological origin. Depending on the biological conflict, tissues either grow or shrink, and functions increase or decrease. Hamer's anatomical assignments sometimes differ from classical embryology, based on his observations.