Is untyped healing by default positive energy?

[thelemonache]

I feel like my group has always operated under the idea that untyped/unmentioned healing is positive energy. So things like Fire God's Blessing that heals for 1 hp if you deal fire damage, its untyped. So would that be positive energy by default or just literally untyped?

[Melkiador]

I believe healing is untyped unless it references its type. Though there are few such sources of untyped healing.

[Azothath]

it is a D&D3.0 issue that PF1 inherited and carried on.
Cures conjure healing... whatever that is. The spells used to be in the Necromancy school.
Positive energy represents "life" or animus, is used for clerical channeling, and has a specific interaction with Undead.
They're treated as separate things although they are related in an undefined manner.

[Mysterious Stranger]

For the most part unless it explicitly states it is positive energy it is not. I could see considering spells that state it harms undead instead of healing it being considered positive energy.

Fire God’s Blessing is orc (or half orc) racial feat. It also requires you to worship the orc god of fire who is CE. The cleric of an evil deity has an affinity to negative energy not positive. They can cast spells that use positive energy but cannot spontaneously cast cure spells, and their channel energy is always negative energy. That makes it highly unlikely this feat uses positive energy.