Clock of Destiny, Volume II
Interpretive Commentary on Page 34
Original Passage
What does it mean when Charles Mosley Bey wrote:
“One having a M.A., M.S., B.A., or B.S., or D.D., or L.L.D., or Ph.D., and one being an Alpha to a Beta, a Kappa or Gamma to Omega, especially if their skin is dark brown, means very little to them in a practical manner until they have absorbed the revelation of the Moorish history and the science of the zodiac, as shown in this little book. All M.D.s possess universal knowledge of the zodiac.”
Clock of Destiny, Volume II, page 34
Explanation and Doctrinal Interpretation
Degrees and Greek Letter Designations
When CM. Bey references academic degrees such as M.A., M.S., B.A., B.S., D.D., L.L.D., and Ph.D., alongside Greek letter progressions from Alpha through Omega, he is identifying systems of Western credentialing. These include universities, professional hierarchies, fraternities, and initiatory orders that confer status through external recognition.
CM Bey assertion is not that education or structured learning lacks value. Rather, his position is that such systems emphasize external validation over internal mastery. In his framework, Western education produces credentials while often delivering fragmented knowledge, knowledge separated from natural law, ancestral memory, and cosmic order. Therefore, degrees without inner comprehension are regarded as incomplete.
“Especially if Their Skin Is Dark Brown”
This statement must be understood within its historical context. CM, Bey wrote during a period in which people of African descent could attain academic credentials yet remained dispossessed of sovereignty, national identity, and civil authority. Education alone did not translate into power, autonomy, or protection under the law.
His point is that for dark-skinned people trained exclusively within Western systems that erase ancestral origins, academic achievement does not result in true self-governance or destiny fulfillment. This is an identity critique rooted in historical reality, not a racial judgment.
The Revelation of Moorish History
Within the Clock of Destiny framework, “Moorish history” extends far beyond medieval North Africa or Moorish Spain. It refers to ancient African civilizations, pre-Greco- Roman science, early systems of law, astronomy, medicine, and governance, and a civilizational memory predating European dominance.
For CM Bey, Moorish history represents original law, original science, original culture, and original sovereignty. Without this foundation, education produces functional participants within an imposed system, rather than free and self-directed beings aligned with their origin.
The Science of the Zodiac
CM Bey reference to the zodiac is frequently misunderstood. He is not describing popular horoscope astrology. He is referring to zodiacal science as an ancient astronomical and biological system governing time, seasons, medicine, temperament, and human development.
Historically, the zodiac informed medical practice, agricultural cycles, and spiritual disciplines. Human organs, bodily rhythms, and environmental cycles were understood in relation to celestial movements. In this sense, the science of the zodiac is cosmic law applied to human life.
“As Shown in This Little Book”
This phrase reflects classical esoteric instruction. The book is not presented as an exhaustive encyclopedia but as a key. Its function is to awaken remembrance, not to replace disciplined study. Revelation here signifies awakening consciousness rather than religious belief.
“All M.D.s Possess Universal Knowledge of the Zodiac”
This statement is symbolic rather than literal. CM Bey does not suggest that modern physicians consciously study astrology. Instead, he asserts that medicine originated within zodiacal and astronomical sciences. Anatomy, circadian rhythms, hormonal cycles, seasonal health patterns, and biological timing all derive from celestial order, even if modern terminology no longer acknowledges those origins.
In CM Bey’s view, contemporary medicine applies cosmic principles while denying their source.
The Central Teaching
CM Bey core message is that titles, degrees, and institutional recognition do not confer true power or understanding unless they are grounded in knowledge of ancient origins, comprehension of natural and cosmic law, and alignment between mind, body, time, and the universe.
For people of African descent, he believed this disconnection from original knowledge was deliberate and that reclamation of this knowledge was essential for genuine liberation.
Conclusion
CM Bey affirms that education without identity is hollow, knowledge without cosmic context is incomplete, and power without self-knowledge is borrowed rather than owned. The Clock of Destiny is presented as a corrective instrument intended to restore alignment between history, law, science, and destiny.