 The Theosophical Society "played a role in the growth" of Kejawèn in the early and mid twentieth century, and several kebatinan groups were founded by Theosophists.The kebatinan Budi Setia group, founded in 1949, considered "its formal transformation into a theosophical lodge".Although Java is predominately Muslim, "kejawen" the syncretic Javanese culture, still plays a cultural undercurrent among some Javanese.