 Guardian Action Publications was founded to disseminate the channeling, and published several books through the 1980s.In 1988, a newsletter "Ashtar’s Golden Circle" was also issued.Grunschloss, who refers to the Ashtar Command as a worldwide network of several loosely organised groups, describes much of the Ashtar channeling as akin to cargo cults, due to the blending of spiritual ascension with new alien technologies and ecologically harmless energies.