Background
J.W. BrodieInnes was born at Downe in Kent, where his Scottish born father Review John Brodie Innes ( 1815-1894 ) had been Vicar from 1846.
J.W. BrodieInnes was born at Downe in Kent, where his Scottish born father Review John Brodie Innes ( 1815-1894 ) had been Vicar from 1846.
Fortune was also taught by such occult practitioners as Moina Mathers and Doctor Theodore Moriarty). 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.
A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the Sette of Odde Volumes ( a London bibliophile society ), and was its president in 1911.