I'm not the most knowledgeable about Kabbalah either, but I quite enjoyed Dr. Justin Sledge's lecture series 'Intro. to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism'. It's available on youtube. His channel goes by the name ESOTERICA. A little gem if you're interested by the (Abrahamic) occult and mystic.

(I will note that I have no idea who Ted Chiang is. I googled him two seconds ago lol)