Otashparasti

Otashparasti dini  bostonii ajdodon, ki zaminai asosii onro parastishi otash, ‘sajda ba on tashkil medod. Otashparasti dar ahdi qadim, dar natijai mohiyati makhsus paydo kardani otash dar hayoti mardumi bostoni paydo shudaast. Shaklhoi mukhtalifi Otashparasti dar ahdi qadim dar Eronu Neron iitishor yofta budand.

Dar tasavvuri zardushtiyon khurshed manbai du khayri azim — garmo va ravshanist. Dar andeshahoi onho oftob dar surati olihai zeboe darmeoyad, ki sohibi mujizot (nurafshoni, hayotbakhshi) bud. Az in ru, oftob lahzai ofarinish shud va minbad garmoyu ravshani bo rohi nurafshonii doimi (afrukhtani otash) hosil gardid. Ba takhmine hamin tavr az parastishi oftob parastishi otash ba vujud omad.

Dar dini zardushti otash az mamultarin rukni oin bud. Avesto otashro panj nav meshumorad, nomu mazmuni onho dar «Yasno» inchunin dar «Bundahishi» naql shudaast. Har yak navi otash doirai muayyani istifoda dorad. Masalan, berezi s a v a h otashi mabada ast va dar ruzgori muqarrari ba kor meravad; vohufriyona otashest, ki dar jismi mardum va jonvaron ast; urvazishta otashest, ki dar nabotot nihon ast; vazishta otashi abr (barq) ast va okhirin spanisht ast, ki dar garzamon dar huzuri Aquromazdo mesuzad. Otashi mushakhkhasro (muvofiqi Avesto otar) pisari Ahuromazdo mekhonand.

Dar zardushtiya parastishi otash bo talimoti akhloqi makhlut gashtaast. Otash (dar qatori khoku ob) poktarin unsur ast, ki az in ru vay hamai in oin shudaast. Dar zardush­tiya otash manbai zeboi va asosi hayot, dushmani sukutu karakhtist. Az in ru, har mug misli otash faol buda, to poyoni umr boyad az koru mehnat dast barnadorad. Zardushtiyon Otashparastii khudro qoshil nestand, zero otash­ro ramzi Aduramazdo medonand. Bo vujudi on Otashparasti dar bayni omma tasiri .amiq dosht va unsurhoi onro dar ruzgor to imruz mushohida kardan mumkin ast.

Dar atrofi gulkhan davr zadani arusu domod, bahoron dar Navruz az boloi gulkhan jahidan va gayra az boqimondai Otashparastii zardushtiand. Parastishi otashdoni khona niz bo Otashparasti vobasta ast. Parastishi otash inchunii dar nigoh doshtani otashi «jovid» zohir gardid va bad az on ki tavassuti soish otash afrukhtanro yod giriftand, parastishi on avj girift. «Holo ham,— qayd karda bud Fridrikh Engels,— dar aksariyati mamlakathoi evropoi khurofoti khalqi dar borai on. ki.. otashi mujizaovar… faqat ba vositai soish afrukhta meshavad, vujud dorad»- (Marks  Karl. I Engels Fridrikh, Sochineniya, tom 20, stranisa 430).

Dar masehiyat etiqod ba mohiyati favquttabii otash dar afrukhtani sham va charoui makhsus (lampada) dar nazdi uqnum zohir megardad.