Reverends Jackie and Tom Devereaux were granted their Articles of Incorporation from the state of California on Jan. 08, 2021, and approved for their non-profit religious organization, Heaven Within Inc. They were granted a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status with the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board.

Jackie, along with her husband, Tom, completed an arduous five-year coursework in World Religions and Literatures, Religious Studies, and Divinity through the Institute of Mentalphysics located in Yucca Valley/Joshua Tree, California.

They both were ordained ministers on October 10, 2020 at the Center of the Open Rose. Their degrees are equivalent to a master's degree in Divinity.

The Devereaux's spiritual journey continues...

A sea turtle swimming in the Pacific Ocean. A lucky shot.

My husband, Tom, walking our dog Zorro, at sunrise on the beach in San Felipe, Mexico.

       A typical sunrise in San Felipe.

       Cloud formation at sunrise.

This sunrise photo is among the very first I shot in San Felipe in 2010. Sometimes the first is the best.

Paella Festival in San Felipe, Mexico.

Seal Rock at nearly high tide.

Seal Rock at high tide.

A zopolote or desert vulture perched on our palapa post. Tom loves these birds.

R.I.P. RAY RAY...WE MISS U.

My beloved Pug, Ray Ray, passed away on Nov. 4, 2013. He was nearly 14 years old and the best friend I've ever had. There's a hole in my life.

Ray Ray saved my life twice!

San Diego sunsets...what more can I say?

A stupa in Nepal.

Travels with Ray is a story about my road trips with my Pug dog, Ray.  In the photo below you see Ray with his new buddy, Zorro, a stray we adopted in San Felipe, Mexico. 

Ray is old. Zorro is young. Ray is fat. Zorro is lean. Ray is light. Zorro is dark. Ray is small. Zorro is large. They are opposites, yet complementary. Both are essential.

  This back-only photo was taken in March 2009.

Lucky to be alive.

Jackie and Tom Devereaux the night before their wedding at the Venetian Restaurant in Ocean Beach, California

More San Diego sunsets.

Baja California, Mexico on the Sea of Cortez

Chichen Itza pyramids on the Yucatan Peninsula

The Pacific side of Baja near Rosarito Beach

Travels with Ray and Adventures with Zorroare based on the true events with our dogs, Ray and Zorro. No two could be more opposite.

Jackie is an investor and works at Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals as the Director of Communications and Media Relations. She handles corporate communications and the media for this first-of-its-kind cannabis pharmaceutical company, which was fully licensed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in December 2021.

Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to providing researchers with high quality cannabis for clinical trials and the production of alternative drugs to help veterans, law enforcement, and first responders battle ailments such as opioid addiction, PTSD, and cancer. For more information, go to www.royalemeraldrx.com.

In June 2023, Jackie completes her graduate program earning a second master's degree in Education with a specialty in Career and Technical Studies from California State University, San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus.

In addition to her graduate studies and spiritual work, she continues to write for the Desert Star Weekly newspaper, which she founded in 2008.

Jackie also has self-published one of her books entitled, Bridget, which is available on Amazon.com.  

Bridget is a story about a teenage girl, coming-of-age who abruptly transfers from her school in Pennsylvania to a high school in Southern California. 

Bridget is a not so typical teenage girl who bridges the gap between a tomboy and a prom queen. It is a story for readers ages 4 to 14. The story, Bridget, is fiction but many scenes are based on real events in the childhood of the author.

A typical San Diego sunset at Ocean Beach Pier.

 Sunset at Ocean Beach Pier, San Diego, CA

Another San Diego sunset

Scripps Pier in La Jolla, California - photo taken by my friend Gregg Webber who passed away Feb. 22, 2016. Until we meet again my friend. Love and Light on your new journey.

Every year since 2008, except a few, Tom and I attend and report on the Joshua Tree Music Festivals in mid-May and October. We also attend the Bhakti/Shakti Festivals held at the Institute of Mentalphysics. We just love these festivals.

Lucky to spot a flock of rare white pelicans swim by our Mexican casa one morning. I'm so glad we found these few photos saved in emails.

This photo was taken from my porch of a typical monsoon rain over Campo Uno lagoon in San Felipe, Mexico. Nearly all of my 4,000 photos of Mexico, the SoCal desert, my wedding, etc., were stolen in 2013 during a home robbery in San Felipe. These photos are a few survivors from emails sent to friends. I was devasted by the loss. I was creating a History of San Felipe when the robbers hit. It's the city's loss. I don't want to write about San Felipe because it will be colored with my despondency over that robbery. Employees from the local power company were involved. The cops knew it, and did nothing except pass around naked pictures of me in the squad room. One female prosecutor gave me those photos back. So, the cops know who robbed me. They knew where my computers and camera gear were, but did nothing. The city of San Felipe does not want me to write about them!

Ponga boats at rest along the Malacon in San Felipe.

Ponga fishermen outside our casa at Campo Uno.

 Shrimp boats anchor in the lagoon outside our casa.

Shrimp boats anchor inside the safe harbor of Campo Uno lagoon.

All these photos were recovered from old emails! I lost thousands of others but am so grateful to have recovered these! Thank you God!

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One of my scripts is a children's animation entitled, "Travels with Ray." It about my adventures with my beloved Pug dog, Ray, over a 10 years.

For the latest on the Dog Death Camp story, Go to this link to see what happens when crazy people have dogs. http://desertstarweekly.com/dog-death-camp-raided-animals-rescued/

On July 17, 2013, The Desert Star Weekly newspaper won the 2013 Small Business of the Year Award from the Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerice.

I accepted the award on behalf of the newspaper and gave a brief acceptance speech.

I thank the community leaders for acknowledging my hard work in turning the newspaper into a platform for the community.

Just returned from a trip to Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos, Mexico. I want to move to Baja. It's so nice. Ahhhh!

Being Editor-in-Chief of the Desert Star Weekly newspaper keeps me really busy, but I'm enrolled in another ProSeries 42 screenwriting course. I'm writing a true story that takes place, of course, in Mexico.

June 29, 2012

We are happy to announce that the Desert Star Weekly is under new ownership with Community Media Corporation (CMC).  

Jackie Devereaux will continue at the helm as Editor-in-Chief and Mindy Witsiepe will continue as Office Manager.

"I'd like to thank CMC for having confidence in my ability to put out a quality newspaper that is respected by the community," said Devereaux.

"All of us at the Desert Star Weekly are grateful for the new ownership coming in, and happy to embark on a new, healthier alliance with our advertisers and city leaders," she said.

NEWS - International Screenwriter's Association Announces

2nd Place Screenplay Contest Winner 2011.11.20 21:24

Jackie Devereaux won Second Place in the 2010 Scriptapalooza TV Writing Contest for her one-hour  existing dramatic epiosde House M.D. - The Perfect Storm, her first attempt at writing for TV! 

November 2011

Trip to Cancun and Chichen Itza.  Took a few photos.

September 2011

I made two amazing road trips through Baja California Norte where I met leaders of the Kumeeya Indian tribe. My husband, Tom, and I were invited to take part in a Temesal ceremony or sweat lodge on sacred Indian lands in Rumorosa, Mexico.  

Jesse, the spiritual leader of the Kumeeya tribe performed a rare Passing of the Pipe ceremony. We were allowed to smoke from the holy 250 year old peace pipe before it was handed over to Arturo Fisher, a well known Yaqui Indian Shamam from Sonora.

Jesse and Arturo then shared duties during the overnight Ayahuasca Healing ceremony.

There's a movie here.

Jackie Devereaux can be reached by email at jackie.devereaux@yahoo.com or at 619-855-7905. Devereaux's legal maiden name was Jacqueline Elaine Gladfelter, but her birth certificate has, Jacqueline Elaine Glodfelter, with the colonial misspelling of her last name.