All of the Runes have an image, or symbol, that sets the train of recollection, ideology, and meaning in motion. This image isn't the 'meaning' of the rune, it is the picture that sparks off of the meaning and gives it form and reality.

The prompt-symbol for Mannaz is all of humankind. Whether one calls it the collective unconscious, or the Spirit-World, or hunch; there is a knowledge greater than ourselves that we can by training or accident sometimes access. The message of this rune is that we must listen to that subliminal knowledge and use it for understanding and action. It is a call to become a more spiritual and deeper person by using the knowledge stored for us in other lifetimes.