Career
In India, he discovered the works of the French Egyptologist and esotericist, R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, which led him to explore the principles and practices of ancient sacred science. In 1972, they left Auroville for a year so Robert could study sacred geometry and read Sri Aurobindo. They came back to Auroville in 1973 until 1975.
In 1980, Lawlor met together with William Irwin Thompson and Rachel Fletcher to teach in the Lindisfarne Institute"s Summer Program in Sacred Architecture, which provided the context for the design and building of the Lindisfarne Chapel.
Critchlow"s Twelve Criteria for Sacred Architecture derives from a lecture given at this time.
