After his teacher training at the Pedagogical Academy Lörrach and occupation, Lurker was 1968 - 1980 Founding editor of the international "Bibliography of symbolism, iconography and mythology," which appears to date with the collaboration of numerous scholars in Valentin Koerner Verlag, Baden-Baden. In 1970 he was a founding member of the Society for Scientific Research in Cologne icon. From 1974 he was Deputy Chairman of the Research Group for symbolism in Salzburg.