Original Research
A method of adding to a magical tradition within the terms of it's current structure (creating a new range, duration, or target); expanding the tradition in a manner that pushes, but does not break its limits of magic; or improving the tradition so one of those limits no longer applies, at least in certain situations. The process in Fifth Edition was introduced in Houses of Hermes: True Lineages, pages 26-37, but Hedge Magic Revised Edition and Rival Magic provided rules for how other traditions might come to make breakthroughs in their own traditions.
See also the complementary rules of Ancient Magic.