diff --git a/Clojure/Clojure/Clojure.csproj b/Clojure/Clojure/Clojure.csproj
index 7ffc151..93760f2 100644
--- a/Clojure/Clojure/Clojure.csproj
+++ b/Clojure/Clojure/Clojure.csproj
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     <Compile Include="CljCompiler\Ast\IlGen.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CljCompiler\Ast\Intrinsics.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CljCompiler\Ast\CaseExpr.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Hosting\Clojure.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Lib\ClrTypeSpec.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Lib\EdnReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Lib\ExceptionInfo.cs" />
diff --git a/Clojure/Clojure/Hosting/Clojure.cs b/Clojure/Clojure/Hosting/Clojure.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26eb84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Clojure/Clojure/Hosting/Clojure.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using System;
+using System.Dynamic;
+
+namespace clojure.lang.Hosting
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convenience class for interfacing with Clojure from other .NET languages.
+    /// Provides an extremely simple way to retreive Clojure vars and invoke Clojure
+    /// functions.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Clojure
+    {
+        private const string CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH = "CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH";
+        private static readonly Var REQUIRE = RT.var("clojure.core", "require");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calls (require nsname) on the namespace name provided by
+        /// <see cref="nsname"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="nsname">The name of the namespace to require, ex.:
+        /// clojure.string</param>
+        public static void Require(string nsname)
+        {
+            if (!nsname.Equals("clojure.core"))
+                REQUIRE.invoke(Symbol.intern(nsname));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the Var object refered to in the namespace called
+        /// <see cref="nsname"/> with the name <see cref="varName"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <example>
+        /// var myVar = Clojure.GetVar("mynamespace", "my-var");
+        /// myVar.invoke("Hello World");
+        /// </example>
+        /// <param name="nsname">The namespace name</param>
+        /// <param name="varName">The name of the Var</param>
+        /// <returns>The requested Var</returns>
+        public static Var GetVar(string nsname, string varName)
+        {
+            Require(nsname);
+            return RT.var(nsname, varName);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allows a namespace to be loaded from a directory whose path corresponds to
+        /// only part of the namespace name.  This can be used to load .clj files properly
+        /// from the repl that are being stored as embedded resources in mixed language .NET
+        /// DLL's (for example existing C# and Visual Basic projects).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="namespaceBase"></param>
+        /// <param name="directory"></param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Adding a load mapping from "MyCompany.MyProject" to "MyProject" allows the namespace "A.B.C" to be
+        /// stored in "MyProject/C.clj" on the file system.  Assuming the default namespace
+        /// (configurable in a Visual Studio project's properties) is "MyCompany.MyProject",
+        /// "C.clj" can be stored as an embedded resource in "MyProject.dll" and still loaded
+        /// properly by the Clojure namespace loader.  This is because embedded resources receive a virtual filename
+        /// in a DLL based on both the DLL's default namespace and the file's actual path relative to the project.
+        /// In order for the namespace to be loaded from the repl, a load mapping must be created.
+        /// <example>
+        /// AddNamespaceLoadMapping("MyCompany.MyProject", "MySolutionDir/MyProject");
+        /// </example>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static void AddNamespaceLoadMapping(string namespaceBase, string directory)
+        {
+            RT.var("clojure.core", "add-ns-load-mapping").invoke(namespaceBase, directory);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a path to the CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH environment variable used to load Clojure files from the disk.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to add to CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH.  Use ; to separate multiple paths.</param>
+        public static void AddToLoadPath(string path)
+        {
+            var cljLoadPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH);
+            cljLoadPath += ";" + path;
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(CLOJURE_LOAD_PATH, cljLoadPath);
+        }
+    }
+}