Parables from Other Planets: Folktales of the Universe

by Hugh Prather

A fanciful collection of the folktales, mottos, and inspiring morals reflects the wisdom of a far-flung assortment of wise beings living on other planets in our galaxy and other galaxies throughout the universe

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

137 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1991

About the author

Hugh Prather, Jr. was a writer, minister, and counselor, most famous for his first book, Notes to Myself. , which was first published in 1970 by Real People Press. It has sold over 5 million copies, and has been translated into ten languages.
Together with his second wife, Gayle Prather, whom he married in 1965, he wrote other books, including The Little Book of Letting Go; "I Touch the Earth, The Earth Touches Me"; How to Live in the World and Still Be Happy; I Will Never Leave You: How Couples Can Achieve The Power Of Lasting Love; Spiritual Notes to Myself: Essential Wisdom for the 21st Century; Shining Through: Switch on Your Life and Ground Yourself in Happiness; Spiritual Parenting: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing the Heart of Your Child; Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions; A Book of Games: A Course in Spiritual Play; Love and Courage; Notes to Each Other; A Book for Couples; The Quiet Answer; and There is a Place Where You Are Not Alone.
Born in Dallas, the younger Hugh Prather earned a bachelor's degree at Southern Methodist University in 1966 after study at Principia College and Columbia University. He studied at the University of Texas at the graduate level without taking a degree. While he could be categorized as a New Age writer, he drew on Christian language and themes and seemed comfortable conceiving of God in personal terms. His work underscored the importance of gentleness, forgiveness, and loyalty; declined to endorse dramatic claims about the power of the individual mind to effect unilateral transformations of external material circumstances; and stressed the need for the mind to let go of destructive cognitions in a manner not unlike that encouraged by the cognitive-behavioral therapy of Aaron T. Beck and the rational emotive behavior therapy commended by Albert Ellis.

Reviews

[Chanel Earl]

I enjoyed some of the parables in this book. They were meaningful and imaginative. I think I would have liked the book better if they had been more subtle. Everything was spelled out for the reader with little room for imagination on the part of the reader.

[Don Peterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

a superlative book of insights and myths at many levels for all ages......well worth a read at 6 or 60

[Robert Kaufman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good author! Enjoyed and have recommended to my students "Notes To Myself"