On Crystals and Such

I felt like asking Lark personally if this was necessary, yet I feel through this public question, it'd be absolutely and totally fair to ask this.
I know the Wicca is a neopagan religion and has been around for nearly 80-100 years, yet I was going to ask something that didn't make it seem so New Age-y. Can you necessarily be a Wiccan without using crystals (given you don't believe in they have power) and astral projection? If so, wouldn't that make some of a Witch's practices harder or easier?
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Wicca is a religion. Witchcraft is the use of magic. The two are not one thing. Wiccans use magic and call themselves witches. Witchcraft practitioners can be Wiccan, Atheist, Christian, etc..

The belief in crystals having powers or in astral projection is not necessary to Witchcraft practice or Wiccan religious practice.

Also, adding on to crystals, what about chakras? Are those also a necessary belief?

no. chakras are a belief in some Eastern practices. I can't remember exactly which ones.