The Rose Cross holds a central position as a fundamental image meditation in the meditative practice of Anthroposophy. Starting in 1905, Rudolf Steiner repeatedly outlines the significance and, above all, the meaning of this central image meditation of Anthroposophy in esoteric sessions as well as in public lectures. Alongside Goethe's fragment "The Secrets," the Grail serves as a related motif for consideration. While the early discussions focus more on the symbolic meaning and the relationship to esoteric Christianity, there is an increasing emphasis on methodological questions regarding the construction of the image and the shaping of feelings. This reaches its peak in the work "The Outline of Occult Science." Thus, the various representations of the Rose Cross meditation present pioneering images of the purification and transformation of the self.