Developing a social memory complex

[Anders]

I heard Rudolf Steiner visualizing a red rose as a symbol of blood with purified urges and passions. The Rosicrucians also use a red rose:

"The Rose Cross (also called Rose Croix and Rosy Cross) is a symbol largely associated with the semi-mythical Christian Rosenkreuz: Qabbalist, alchemist, and founder of the Rosicrucian Order.[1][2] The Rose Cross is a cross with a red, golden or white rose at its centre[3] and symbolizes the teachings of a western esoteric tradition formed within the Christian tenets, albeit a Christianity not yet conspicuously in evidence:[4][5][6]" - Wikipedia

The rose can also be golden or white, but most common seems to be a red rose. And red is the final reddening stage in alchemy! That's similar to holy blood, sangreal, blood of Christ and the Holy Grail. And it fits with my posts earlier about the blood as the unification of spirit and the body. And even the recent idea from Taoist alchemy about the lower (red) energy center being the kidneys is very much related to blood.