The Sorcerer and His Apprentice

John William Brodie-Innes (1848 – 1923) was a leading member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's Amen-Ra Temple in Edinburgh.

Born in Moray, Scotland, the son of John Brodie-Innes, a friend of Charles Darwin, he was a lawyer by profession. He was a member of a bibliophile society, the Sette of Odde Volumes, London, and was its president in 1911. He wrote several novels on witchcraft and magic and is believed to have been Dion Fortune's occult teacher.