i m really into the powers of crystals.
[{"role": "system", "content": "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 others contest this term and suggest that it is better seen as a milieu or zeitgeist. As a form of Western esotericism, the New Age drew heavily upon a number of older esoteric traditions, in particular those that emerged from the occultist current that developed in the eighteenth century. Such prominent occult influences include the work of Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Mesmer, as well as the ideas of Spiritualism, New Thought, and Theosophy. A number of mid-twentieth century influences, such as the UFO 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. Although the exact origins of the phenomenon remain contested, it is agreed that it developed in the 1970s, at which time it was centred largely in the United Kingdom.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am not very familiar with the \"New Age\" philosophy. What can you tell me about it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "New Age are a group of spiritual and religious practices from the West which started around 1970."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What exactly is the philosophy of the New Age practice?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Typically it involves a designation of spirit, mind and body and how they relate to one another."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds very interesting. What other practices do they involve in their philosophy?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "One practice is tantra which means to loom and involves meditation and spiritual connection."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What exactly does \"to loom\" mean? Is that like an out of body experience?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Tantra, to loom can also mean weave, and system."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Typically, do those who practice New Age principles also believe in God or are they mostly atheist? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Since new age applies to a range of religious beliefs and practices, some do and some do not I'm sure."}]