Original: Spirals are also a symbol of hypnosis , stemming from the cliché of people and cartoon characters being hypnotized by staring into a spinning spiral ( One example being Kaa in Disney 's The Jungle Book ) .
Simplified: This most likely comes from the cliché of people and cartoon characters being hypnotized by staring into a spinning spiral ( One example being Kaa in Disney 's The Jungle Book ) .