John William Brodie-Innes

John William Brodie-Innes was a leading member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's Amen-Ra Temple in Edinburgh.
J.W. Brodie-Innes was born at Downe in Kent, where his Scottish born father Rev. John Brodie Innes had been Vicar from 1846. His father was a friend and confidant of a neighbour at Downe, Charles Darwin. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Sette of Odde Volumes, and was its president in 1911. He wrote several novels on witchcraft and magic. The most well-known is The Devil's Mistress, a supernatural horror novel centred on the real-life accusations of witchcraft made against Isobel Gowdie. Brodie-Innes is believed to have been one of Dion Fortune's occult teachers..
Throughout the dissensions of the Golden Dawn, Brodie-Innes remained loyal to MacGregor Mathers, and on the death of his chief in 1918 published an affectionate obituary titled "MacGregor Mathers - Some Personal Reminiscences" in the May 1919 issue of The Occult Review.