![]() ![]() There are, for me, uncomfortable connotations of conquest, capitalism, imperialism, egotism and selfishness attached to this rune and I have to remind myself that all runes have negative aspects and it is perhaps simply that Mannaz is of particular importance to humanity at this time. I have often wrestled with this rune’s meaning as, when used for mundane purposes, it is often cited in relation to personal success and power. We do not stop to consider the possibility that our age of ‘enlightenment’ has left us closed to those things which cannot be seen in the light nor experienced through conscious thought alone. We believe that because our ancestors had not made the scientific discoveries we have, that the totality of their wisdom and experience is flawed. Perhaps the bane of humanity at this point in our history is that we champion thought over memory. O din is the archetypal ‘shamanic practitioner’ of the north. From here Odin sees all, knows all and decrees all. His ravens become the two triangles and the vertical staves of the rune become the arms of his throne. To work with this image imagine the central point of the Mannaz rune upon the brow of Odin. As they sit upon his shoulders collective thought and memory combine within his consciousness and inform his actions. Huggin and Munnin fly out each day gathering wisdom for Odin and bring it back so that the great sovereign of the Gods has insight and vision of all things. A common image for Mannaz is that of Odin sitting on his throne with his ravens Huggin (thought) and Munnin (memory) on either side of him.
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