I've recently become interested in the powers of healing crystals. I find quartz all over the place when I hike.
what do you think about the term "New Age" it is applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs developed in the western nations during the 1970's
It's something I've been interested in on occasion. The name is kind of strange though. 
Although some consider it to be religious apparently those involved prefer to think of it as spiritual or mind spirit and Body
That makes sense. I would probably be more aligned with that. What else can you tell me about New Age?
It is a form of Western esotericism that drew heavily upon a number of older esoteric traditions from the 18th century occultist current
Occultist? Interesting. Does it intersect with the Eastern influences being brought into Western culture today?
it says that prominent occult influences were Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Mesmer and their ideas of spiritualism, new thought, and theosophy
I've never heard of them. I'll look it up sometime perhaps.
religions of the 1950s, the Counterculture of the 1960s, and the Human Potential Movement, also exerted a strong influence on the early development of the New Age. The exact origins of the phenomenon remain contested, but there is general agreement that it developed in the 1970s, at which time it was centred largely in the United Kingdom. It expanded and grew largely in the 1980s and 1990s, in particular within the United States. By the start of the 21st century, the term "New Age" was increasingly rejected within
New Age
New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the New Age differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly eclectic structure. Although analytically often considered to be religious, those involved in it typically prefer the designation of spiritual or Mind, Body, Spirit and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. Many scholars of the subject refer to it as the New Age movement, although