The cylindrical device engulfs the nun, who eschews her traditional brown habit and long veil for a plain T-shirt and loose hospital pants. Equipped with earplugs and resting her head on foam pillows to muffle the deafening roar of a jet engine, she braces herself for the experience. Supercooled colossal magnets create formidable fields around her head in a groundbreaking attempt to delve into her thoughts as she communicates with her deity. The Carmelite nun and her fourteen Catholic sisters step away from their secluded existence and find themselves in this private azure tube, far removed from the wooden…