The Pentacle Club is one of the world's oldest magic societies well known by amateur and professional magicians for its longevity and famous members.
[3] During the 1920s, the Pentacle Club became increasingly well known on a national level, thanks in part to a sequence of guest visits to Cambridge, including Douglas Dexter and Nevil Maskelyne, the latter inviting the Pentacle Club to undertake a joint performance with the Magic Circle in London.
[4] During the Second World War, the club performed in aid of the Red Cross, with amateur magicians from the University of London, evacuated to Cambridge during the conflict, adding to the membership.
The club retained its traditional links to the university, however, under the long presidency of Sir William Hawthorne, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, well known for performing magic.
[5] In 2023, students at the University of Cambridge revived the original name and emblem for The Mystics, reimagined as a society for the academic study and discussion of supernatural magic and esotericism.