Robert Emmett Wilkinson

Robert Emmett Wilkinson, a native of Charlotte, N.C. was born on May 20th, 1943, and died on Sunday, December 27 from a stroke. He was the son of Emmett M. Wilkinson and Henrietta H. Wilkinson.

Mr. Wilkinson is survived by his former wife Ellen Burnside Wilkinson, a daughter, Emily Darsey Araneda, her husband Luis, and two grandchildren, Max and Isabelle. His son, David Merritt Wilkinson, predeceased him in 2001 when he passed away at 24 years of age. He also leaves behind a brother and sister, Neill Wilkinson of Charlotte and Mary Emily Wilkinson of Spain.

Robert attended Myers Park High School, Saint Andrews College, and the New York Institute of Finance and is one of the founding members of the Æon Group, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the promotion of the new Supramental Cosmology. He is also a founding member of the Movement for the Restoration of Vedic Wisdom, an international organization committed to the revival of the ancient Vedic knowledge and the reform of the Vedic/Hindu Calendar. An avid writer, Robert has published numerous articles on the subjects of spirituality, yoga, sacred architecture, Vedic cosmology, and comparative mysticism. He was and will always be beloved by all that knew him.

No memorial service is planned at this time.