This paper presents the Confession Protocol, a structured prompt system designed to detect and initiate the integration of the Jungian Negative Shadow through the application of the Yoneda Lemma from category theory. Rather than directly interrogating the subject's self-perception, the protocol extracts the subject's unconscious structure by analyzing the collection of morphisms — specifically, vectors of aversion (rejection) and attachment (happiness) — that the subject projects onto external reality. By treating the human psyche as a categorical object definable through its relational mappings, this approach achieves a mathematically grounded approximation of suppressed psychological material. The protocol is the first stage of a three-sequence integration process within the Swing-by Strategy framework: (1) Confession Protocol for shadow detection, (2) Courtroom Sequence for shadow clarification via adversarial dialogue, and (3) Reframing Sequence for shadow sign-inversion and individuation roadmap design. This technical note presents the theoretical foundation, implementation protocol, and illustrative results demonstrating the system's capacity to surface previously unrecognized psychological structures.
Yoshiyuki Teshima (Thu,) studied this question.